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

Mark Daly: The Minister can give me the abridged version as it is late.

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

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for not reading his entire speech. The abridged version was more welcome and is appreciated. I welcome the fact regulations are being introduced in regard to suppliers and protecting them. My concern is that small retailers just cannot compete. When a supermarket can sell a litre of coca cola at a price at which the local retailer cannot buy it, this is a problem. It...

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: We are all aware of the importance of seeking to lead on these issues as opposed to follow. In a survey conducted by AA Ireland in 2011, some 74.6% of respondents were in complete agreement with the idea of a ban on smoking in cars where there is a child passenger, with a further 10.5% offering a slightly less emphatic endorsement. We can be confident that the public is with us on this...

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister back to the House. My Seanad colleagues have outlined the time-line on this issue but this is a more fundamental criticism of the system that has allowed it to continue for so long. In other areas where I am dealing with Departments I am told by officials that unless the Minister tells them to do it, it does not happen. We call ourselves legislators but because the...

Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2013: First Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that, in the interests of transparency, all relevant details of loans, properties, or other assets offered for sale by or with the approval of NAMA or the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation be available to the public by means of publication on a website.

Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2013: First Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: Tomorrow, 20 December 2013.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: The Senator was not here for yesterday's vote.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: The Senator will have an opportunity on the NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: Senator Higgins will be delighted to hear that the NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill is on the Order Paper. In that context, I request that - by leave of the House - No. 17 be taken before No. 1. I would welcome a debate on NAMA and perhaps the House could take the Bill to which I refer tomorrow, the Second Stage debate relating to which was taken last year.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I wish to propose that No. 17 be taken before No. 1 in order to allow for publication of the NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill. I am sure Senator Higgins and others who are seeking transparency in NAMA will support the Bill, which allows for all the properties being sold by or on behalf of the agency to be listed on a website. In the past notifications have been...

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I said that.

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: It is in every Department. It did not change with the change in Government; it is still there. There is always a reason to change a Bill, which is why we have Committee Stage. Certain Bills introduced this week will be amended on Committee Stage because no Bill on inception is perfect. I am aware of Bills that were written by professional draftspeople, who have worked for all parties, and...

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: The Senators should have listened to the entire speech and take it in its context. The Minister is doing enormous work in this regard. My problem is that every Private Members' Bill gets shot down for the same reason.

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. Like others, I thank him for his work on this issue. I also thank my colleague, Senator Crown, on the introduction of this important Bill. The Seanad has engaged in public consultation on the issue of cancer and how lifestyle is causing one third of all cancers. The Minister will be aware of the serious cost in this regard in terms of human lives and...

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: Is the Senator seriously in favour of getting rid of Killarney Town Council?

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: The Senator cannot have his cake and eat it.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: Or Kilkenny.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is well recognised that we have a national democratic deficit in this country. In fact, Ireland is the most centralised country in the EU in terms of its democratic structures. Since this Government came into power there has been an attempt to centralise power further by way of the attempted abolition of the Seanad and the abolition of...

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: Is Senator Coghlan going to talk about NAMA again?