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Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: ----- we have the lowest voter participation in Europe.

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I am only quoting the governor of Mountjoy Prison who knows more about prison systems than anybody else.

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the motion. The words that struck me most in the motion were "active citizenship" in regard to youth work, an issue I addressed previously in respect of the education system when the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, was in the House. If we sent our children to school for 14 or 15 years but did not teach them Irish it would be foolhardy to expect them to...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: What do you think now, Paul?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on uniting Ireland. The census results from the North are available today. The figures belie the underlying issue because, as we see, many in the North, both Catholic and Protestant, do not regard themselves as either British or Irish but as Northern Irish. One cannot unite a territory without uniting people. In the past 40 years, as the population...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: Do you want to let him in, a Chathaoirligh?

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister. My colleague raised an important issue on the powers of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality in the event that the person in charge does not want to appear. Even if he does, in some of our committees we have seen that the answers are less than forthcoming and unclear. In some cases witnesses have been showing disdain for committees. This is...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: Do you want to let him in, a Chathaoirligh?

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister. My colleague raised an important issue on the powers of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality in the event that the person in charge does not want to appear. Even if he does, in some of our committees we have seen that the answers are less than forthcoming and unclear. In some cases witnesses have been showing disdain for committees. This is...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: We could say the same of Labour.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: A burning issue.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I wish to share time with Senators Brian Ó Domhnaill and Mary Ann O'Brien.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: Budgets should be about fairness and equity, and those who have the most should contribute most to the most vulnerable people in our society. I am afraid this budget does not achieve that. We know from the credit union survey that 1.8 million people have less than ¤100 left at the end of the month, yet we are bringing a property tax down on their heads. In October last year Bill Clinton...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: Did the Government even ask the troika?

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I support Senator Norris's call for a debate on the issue of the promissory notes. We all recall the famous cry "It's Labour's way or it's Frankfurt's way" and we all know who won that battle.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: We also recall the statement by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport that not one red cent more would be put into our banks. He was correct. The Government did not put one more red cent into the banks but instead put in many billions of red cents. We know about broken promises and the posters erected prior to the election about protected child benefit. Tomorrow we will see how...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: -----will make a bad situation worse?

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: Will the Deputy Leader organise a debate on the repayment of the promissory notes? It will be repaid to our masters in Frankfurt, which the Labour Party said would not happen. I refer to the issue of mortgage arrears. A total of 27% of mortgages have either been restructured or are in arrears. The property tax, which will be announced in the budget, will worsen the situation for many...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I congratulate my colleagues for bringing forward this amendment and thank the Minister for taking the proposal on board. As has been pointed out, there are many people going to the United Kingdom in what has been referred to as bankruptcy tourism. I am aware that there are moves afoot in England to extend the term and perhaps that is what is motivating the Minister in that regard. It does...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: On amendment No. 85 which relates to the five and one-year reviews, it is important that this be-----