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

Mark Daly: It would have been raised in the Dáil if everything was hunky dory.

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

Mark Daly: That is because we are not getting a report. This is the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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

Mark Daly: All I am asking for is transparency. This organisation gets more money than any other Irish centre in America. Questions were asked about what it did and it ended up having to apologise. I would like to see either its own report, if it is willing to share it, or the report that went to the Department. When something goes wrong the Department is supposed to report to this committee,...

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

Mark Daly: I ask that the committee also write to the IIIC to ask for a copy.

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

Mark Daly: We have been kicked around on this for long enough.

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

Mark Daly: No, we should write to the IIIC as a committee.

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

Mark Daly: I do not wish to refer the issue to the IIIC for the heck of it.

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

Mark Daly: If Deputy Eric Byrne had read the minutes -----

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

Mark Daly: I appreciate that. The Deputy may not be aware it was in the minutes.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Paul Kehoe. I thank Senators Zappone, Quinn and others for tabling the motion. There are three areas to be considered: the promised democratic revolution which turned into a power grab; the national democratic deficit which has been in place for many years, as outlined by some speakers; and what is possible for the House to achieve. I will start with...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: We can talk about motions and guidelines but one cannot go to a judge and say one’s rights are being infringed on the basis of a guideline. One has to go with legislation. I thank Senator Moloney for her support for sign language recognition. She would like to vote for this Bill and put it on a legislative footing and then force services to be put in place. I know others too would...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank my colleagues, Senators Ó Murchú and Byrne, for supporting the legislation, all the Members who spoke and the Minister of State for taking this debate and not reading the script she was given, which shows she has a huge understanding of the issue and does not have to be enlightened by the civil servants. This comes down to the fundamental issue of what is a republic and...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for attending. I also thank my colleagues, Senators Labhrás Ó Murchú, Thomas Byrne and Sean Barrett for supporting this important legislation. A number of months ago we discussed the issue of Irish Sign Language and nobody on this side of the House opposed the motion. However, we need to put the matter in legislation because the previous...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome Mr. Staunton. He made some very valid points on the diaspora. We seem to aim at the well-off and well-to-do and seem to have a policy of extracting as much as we can out of them and other than St. Patrick's Day, that is about it. I would like Mr. Staunton's view on extending the vote, on which he touched. The Constitutional Convention seemed to pose a radical proposal to extend...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Housing (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. My issue relates to housing estates built by the council, particularly Ardbhearna estate in Kenmare, which was built outside the town yet does not have adequate footpaths or lighting from the estate to the town. At this time of year at night or in the evening when secondary school children are returning from school there is no footpath or public...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Housing (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. I will follow this up with the Minister because there are more than 50 children in the estate and there are no public lighting or footpaths. It is on the main Ring of Kerry Road from Kenmare to Killarney and it beggars belief that a footpath does not extend from a public housing estate into a town. Child safety is probably the most important issue when...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: The Senator should keep looking after NAMA.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: The Senator for NAMA speaks.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I would ask the Deputy Leader to clarify to the House the position on the human tissue Bill. She might recall that during the summer we sat for a day to debate the issue of organ donation and in the course of that debate, a number of statements were made including the following - by the acting Minister of Health, because, apparently, the Minister was on holidays - that the heads of the human...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Retail Sector Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for coming in to take this matter on the Adjournment. The issue relates to retailers with sizeable buying power and their ability to compete unfairly against small individual retailers. This issue was highlighted over Christmas in the case of below-cost selling of vegetables and fruits by some retailers. Some retailers in my town point out...