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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Mark Daly: -----to allow those out on bail to be smart-tagged.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Mark Daly: I am not shouting.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Mark Daly: We would second it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Mark Daly: It is not a constitutional matter.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (5 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to discuss this issue. This is a topical subject on the tagging of people who are out on bail and proposals that those on early release from prison, having served some of their sentences, would also be tagged. Much has been made of some of the incidents that have happened recently in rural Ireland, especially in Tipperary. There has...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (5 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: Unfortunately, there were many references to sections 101 and 108, and I will be writing a letter to the Cathaoirleach seeking that when I ask about section 102 or whatever and I, the Minister of State and everybody else goes to the bother of coming to the House, we actually get an answer. If I deleted everything that had nothing to do with my question, there would be a paragraph, but that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (5 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I will be asking the Cathaoirleach to write to the Minister and, specifically, to the officials. It is not appropriate that a Minister would be given a reply to give a Member of the Oireachtas which amounts to an answer to a question that was not asked. That is the point I am making. The reply, even when it referred to section 102, did not answer the question why the section has not been...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (5 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I am sure the Minister would agree. It costs €6.45 to put an electronic tag on a person - that is what the mechanism costs - whereas it costs €263 a day to put him or her in prison. The Minister of State was allowed to give a reply to the House that this is not necessarily the most cost-effective way to challenge and change an offender's behaviour. I will read the alternative...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (5 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: It notes the section was not commenced and has not been put into operation. Section 102 was an alternative sentence to imprisonment. I will write to the Cathaoirleach and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, although it is not her area. I will write to the Minister.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (5 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: Most important of all, the Minister of State was allowed to come to House and deliver this reply. Whatever official wrote it should be brought before the Minister and asked how he or she could allow a Minister to say to the House that spending €6.45 on electronic tagging is not more cost-efficient than the judge's alternative of putting a person in prison. That is a disgraceful...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I call on the Acting Leader to organise a debate in respect of unifying the people of Ireland. There was an interesting RTE "Prime Time" and BBC opinion poll carried out for what Tommy Gorman, on "Morning Ireland", described as a show rather than an actual serious debate. According to the poll, there are many issues that unite us in terms of civil rights and other issues. Obviously, many...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I would like to mention a statistic that was highlighted last night. According to the most recent census in Northern Ireland - I am not talking about a survey here - just 40% of people in the North describe themselves as British. Another statistic worth mentioning is that 43% of people are not in favour of a united Ireland. As the Acting Leader will appreciate, it depends on which way one...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Inland Fisheries Ireland (12 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State. My question concerns enabling Inland Fisheries Ireland to increase its level of staff. Currently it is being asked to do so out of existing budgets which would mean it would have to have fewer resources in order to take on more staff. I am anxious to hear if there is a proposal whereby it could improve the present level of protection by increasing staff...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Inland Fisheries Ireland (12 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply and for taking the time to come to the House. I had a number of queries on this matter. It is curious that, while we were being lambasted for decentralisation, Citywest was chosen as the headquarters for Inland Fisheries Ireland. I am sure County Donegal or County Kerry would have been a more suitable location for a headquarters,...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the home repossession rate. It has been reported today that 4,500 homes were repossessed in 2015. This is on top of over 7,000 homes that were repossessed. The amazing thing about this is the lack of joined-up thinking in the Government. The banks that own these homes are repossessing them. The banks are owned by the Irish people. We bailed them...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: That is why we have a homeless crisis. The Government, which owns NAMA which is Senator Coghlan's favourite organisation, is selling and approving the sale of houses on the instructions of receivers. They are being sold on the public market.They are being purchased not by the Government to relieve the housing crisis but by private investors. That is the epitome of a lack of joined-up...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I am trying to be helpful. I am saying that NAMA should not be selling properties-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: -----and that the Government should be buying the properties.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator.