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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: It is inappropriate. Chairman, can you imagine if witnesses decided not to say anything in this room and then decided to start remonstrating with members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: They must say it in here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Will you be writing to Amnesty International in respect of the information its representatives gave about criminal code 143 in order that they can correct the information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive presentation. I share the concerns expressed about the Bedouin village in the occupied territories. I am pleased to have received a note on the issue from the Department. When we discussed the matter in the Seanad, I emphasised that this was a classic example of the policy of eviction, dispossession and demolition that was being relentlessly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Sorry, the Taoiseach did mislead the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I can only go by the word of his legal team. According to his legal team-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I was listening to the Minister. The Taoiseach misled the Dáil, not because he wanted to do so deliberately, but because the information he had was inaccurate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Sorry Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: His legal team in Egypt, who passed on the information to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, subject to the statement being made in the Dáil, stated categorically that he still faces the death sentence and that the charges have not been reduced. That is a fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: It is from the only legal team he has got. Could we get some clarification on this, because it is an important issue? If he faces lesser charges, the Egyptian court should have released him last February, because a person can only be held in detention for 18 months. Therefore, we would be quite within our rights to ask for him to be released on bail. However, if he still faces the death...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: On 1 January, the Egyptian court set aside the conviction and ordered a retrial of the charges and Mr. Greste was then transferred to Australia. Mr. Greste was in the same position as Ibrahim is today. The conviction had been set aside and he was now awaiting a retrial. Ibrahim Halawa is in the same position today. There are many UN and international procedures we could pursue, such as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for his reply. We are all working for the same objective. I know we are focusing on the Peter Greste case to use as a mechanism but that original trial was set aside. I would prefer if the Minister were representing Ibrahim Halawa by having a presence there. Peter Greste's conviction was set aside and a retrial arranged while he was still in prison, therefore, he was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (8 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Could we take them tomorrow? Those villages could be knocked by the time we get to next week.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Care of the Elderly Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to deal with this matter relating to Kenmare hospital. This €7 million project was constructed and completed more than two years ago. The official opening was performed one year ago by his predecessor. It is a fantastic new facility for the community. The campaign had been carried on since 1974 when the first of many promises were made...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Care of the Elderly Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. I note the issue with regard to the data collected and the fact that two short-stay beds are currently vacant but the real need relates to long-stay beds because that is the function of a community nursing unit. I have information about a person who will need a short-stay bed following a fall at mass last week when it took one hour for the ambulance to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I support my colleague from Clare in the call for a debate on the ambulance service, particularly the emergency ambulance service. As we know, many ambulances are stood down and are not available when required throughout the country. In my own county of Kerry, two emergency ambulances have been withdrawn over the last four years. We now see situations where patients, including road traffic...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I know that, but the situation has not been resolved and we need urgent action. Obviously, when the House rises, the situation is not going to be improved. On an important point, the skillsets simply are not there. We know the answer we have been getting, which is that the jobs have been advertised and so on. Unfortunately, the current pay thresholds mean the people have to come in from...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: That is today.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Is the Senator asking for the transparency Bill to be brought back in by Fianna Fáil? We will do that if the Senator supports it.