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Seanad: Political Reform: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: The list of reforms is interesting, in that reform has been talked about for a long time in this House. I am interested in the actual success of the Private Members' Bills, many of which do not appear to get as far as they should. Senator Crown pointed out yesterday that his Bill to ban smoking in cars in which children are present has been waiting for two years. I acknowledge that the...

Seanad: Political Reform: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: Yes. In the context of political reform, if legislation that everyone agrees should be passed and is in the public interest does not happen, one cannot then state that political reform has genuinely taken place. There is no point in having 60 Bills per month coming through the Dáil if, when amendments are required, there is no impetus for civil servants actually to prepare those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: Through the Chair-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: There is an issue with the reducing allocation that Ireland gives to Irish Aid outside of our EU commitment. As our aid budget drops, our EU commitment remains static because we are tied in at 0.94%. Therefore, as a country, our discretionary spending is dropping. That is my concern. Deputy Durkan seemed to be implying that if we had written one entire cheque to the EU it would be fine,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I accept all that. My point is that our discretionary-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: In regard to the percentage of money that is given to our key partner countries, if we break down the 0.91% for the European fund roughly, what we allocate to our partner countries out of that is approximately €43 million or €44 million. Therefore, of all the money we give towards the European Development Fund, the amount that goes to the countries we have chosen as partner...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I am sure Tom would agree with the ruling from the Chair. Having celebrated one legend last night, it is fitting that we celebrate another today. I am sure Tom would have enjoyed being at the event last night to celebrate Páidí Ó Sé. It is sad for an area such as Dingle to lose two such characters. They were famous in their lifetimes throughout the country and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peer Review of Ireland's Development Co-operation Programme: OECD (4 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: If some countries say they will help with education, that could be measured by the number of teachers they helped to become educators or how many children finished primary level. If a country focuses on education and works in Botswana and manages, as Irish Aid has done, to ensure that 85% get out-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peer Review of Ireland's Development Co-operation Programme: OECD (4 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I am just saying that it is not a question of how a country gives the money but of what it does and its effectiveness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peer Review of Ireland's Development Co-operation Programme: OECD (4 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the delegation for attending. I am surprised there is not a ranking. Why not? Do some OECD members not want it because they might be embarrassed by it? In business, as in any organisation, if it is not being measured, it is not being done. Perhaps the OECD will consider this point. According to the delegation's analysis, some countries give aid that is tied to their trade...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Building Regulations Compliance (30 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. This issue relates to the new 2013 regulations introduced under the Building Control Act, and they relate to certification of building works. There seems to be much concern among architects, engineers and surveyors regarding the exclusion of large numbers of competent engineers and architects who currently do a job in applying for planning...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Building Regulations Compliance (30 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply and for the further information he supplied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: In respect of the last item-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: In respect of any other business, I requested a copy of the correspondence and reports relating to the Irish Immigration Center in Boston. I know we were previously given the response by the Tánaiste which is, of course, welcome but what I was looking for were the actual reports sent by the centre to our consulate and those sent by our consulate to Dublin. Given the fact that we give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I ask the Chairman to outline the position on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: This is the appropriate forum to raise it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I cannot see it in the correspondence I have received. We have raised it repeatedly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: Is this the item dated 23 October 2013? It is the same item we received previously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: We asked for information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: It is entirely unsatisfactory that an organisation to which we provide $260,000 acted in the manner it did but this committee does not get a report to allow us to decide whether it offered value for money. We do not want to send everything to the Committee of Public Accounts because it has enough on its plate. If the Department is not going to give us a report we should write to the...