Results 7,301-7,320 of 8,632 for speaker:Mark Daly

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Mark Daly: As the person I mentioned was threatening Members of this House, he deserves a little recognition for the fact that he seems to want to silence Members of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Mark Daly: It is inappropriate for any member of the public to try to prevent a Member of this House from doing his or her job, whether in raising issues of concern or a loss to the taxpayer. I fail to understand how NAMA has not included a clause in its employment contracts that employees who leave to work in other areas are not able to work in areas in which they could utilise sensitive information...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

Mark Daly: I ask that the Leader provide time for a debate on the undocumented Irish, which issue I have previously raised in the context of the current Bill going through the US Senate which will assist the 50,000 undocumented Irish citizens living in the United States. I ask that the Minister for Foreign Affairs be invited to the House to give us an update on what his Department is doing to ensure...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mark Daly: Just for the record. The breathalyser test was negative and she was still arrested and was still brought in. The Senator should get her facts right. She was targeted and my concern is that Senator Keane will also be targeted.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mark Daly: I ask that the Attorney General attend the Seanad, under Standing Order 56, so that we can get her views on the abuse of privilege and information on the part of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter. The Garda Commissioner also has questions to answer in respect of the information supplied, who gave him that information and the chain of supply of information. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mark Daly: The Minister, Deputy Shatter, is a very intelligent man-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mark Daly: This was no slip of the tongue, he did it with a purpose and we all know that.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mark Daly: I support the amendment to the Order of Business. I also ask the Leader to organise a debate on the corporation tax issue. Yesterday in the United States there was a very disturbing committee hearing on Apple and its tax affairs, and last week, in the House of Commons, there was a debate on the tax affairs of Google, with reference to Ireland. The British Parliament wants to have a...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Mark Daly: As spokesperson for the Irish overseas and the diaspora, I am delighted to see section 31 of the Bill which would extend the right to vote to Irish citizens in the North and those living overseas. Ireland is a peculiar country when one considers that 184 years ago, Daniel O'Connell struggled to get votes for Catholics, 95 years ago, women were given the vote for the first time and 45 years...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Mark Daly: North Korea is a dictatorship. That was my analogy.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Mark Daly: We are in bad company.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Mark Daly: We are talking about the opportunity to give our citizens overseas the right to vote. The Dáil will never give 800,000 passport holders living outside the State or citizens in the North the right to vote in a general election. We have an opportunity to reform this House. Senator Quinn pointed out that the Proclamation talks about giving equal rights and equal opportunities to all our...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Mark Daly: There is no reform.

Seanad: Overseas Development Issues: Statements (9 May 2013)

Mark Daly: I will send the Minister of State the report. When the foreign affairs committee received a presentation on the matter, we pointed out the percentage of money that we needed give to EU institutions. We are tied to the figures. That money does not support our overall allocation. However, as the party that committed to the 0.7% target, we are supportive of the Minister of State's efforts...

Seanad: Overseas Development Issues: Statements (9 May 2013)

Mark Daly: The latest survey shows that 88% of people in this country are proud of Ireland's record in the area of international aid. We have been involved in many excellent initiatives which have saved and transformed the lives of millions of people. Our record as a donor country is undoubtedly a legacy of our own past experience of famine and want. We are now in difficult times, however, and people...

Seanad: Overseas Development Issues: Statements (9 May 2013)

Mark Daly: The figures are there in the overseas aid reports. The bottom line is that a huge portion of the budget is going to EU institutions and the World Bank. My party, in common with most people in this country, wants to support the overseas aid programme. The fact that it is being rolled up into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade probably makes sense in so far as the rate at which many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Second Global Irish Economic Forum: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs (8 May 2013)

Mark Daly: The Global Irish Economic Forum was probably one of the best initiatives of both the previous Government and this Government in terms of our reaching out to our diaspora abroad. I will not go into all the questions involved but implementation is a concern I have always raised. Resources were not given to the Department of Foreign Affairs to do all that was laid down by the first and second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Second Global Irish Economic Forum: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs (8 May 2013)

Mark Daly: Has any detailed analysis been done of the numbers of undocumented Irish in the US or is it guesstimates through the Irish pastoral care centres and various organisations that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade supports? Have we any hard and fast figures we could go by in terms of how many are in each state or city? Various figures are thrown out from 10,000 to 50,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Second Global Irish Economic Forum: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs (8 May 2013)

Mark Daly: I welcome the officials. The undocumented Irish issue has been in the mix for a long time since the Kennedy-McCain initiative. Like the peace process, all the stars and elements need to be aligned for it to work. Everything must be in the right place at the right time with the right people involved. Now is the time for this to happen but that does not necessarily mean it will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Mark Daly: I am seconding the amendment. The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, signed a pledge to the effect that he would not increase school fees. When all is said and done, he will have increased them three times. It is bad enough to break a promise once but to do so on three occasions is quite an achievement. We were also promised the creation of 40,000 jobs per year....