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Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: I was not talking about him. I was talking about other people's word. As the Leas-Chathaoirleach knows, people's word is not always their bond when it comes to Seanad campaigns. That was my point. I know the Minister of State well from other areas. I fully take on board what he has promised and I am sure it will happen. I just want it provided for in legislation that, if he is moved...

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: -----the person who inherits his job will be forced to publish the report regardless of whether he or she wants to.

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: That report is the one we want. We do not want another one. We are just trying to put in writing that it will happen.

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: I know, but the Minister of State should bear something in mind. I do not know which report on Seanad reform we are on at the moment. There is one thing about reports-----

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: We want it stated in legislation that this report will be done. I am not asking the Minister of State to duplicate the ongoing report. I am just saying that it is the report we want and that we want its production within three months of the Bill's passage stated in legislation. As the Minister of State pointed out, some surveys were done in 2015 and their reports came three years later....

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: No.

Seanad: Death of Former Member - Expressions of Sympathy (13 Jun 2019)

Mark Daly: On behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, I welcome John Robb’s son, William and his wife, and daughter, Martha, to the Seanad and to pay tribute to him. Obviously, I did not serve with him but he was an extraordinary human being by any measure, not just in Ireland but globally. The fact he was appointed, as Senator Norris pointed out, by the then Taoiseach, Charlie Haughey, to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for attending in place of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to answer this particular question, which we have raised with the Minister previously and are now raising again. It is partly on the issue of the risk register, but also on the issue of uniting Ireland. Before I begin, I welcome to the Chamber Ms Caroline Mulvaney, who has been working in my...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State. With regard to his last statement that the Government will prepare for the referendum when it is triggered by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Government is clearly not learning the lessons of Brexit. It will only take action when the referendum is called. We all know that a referendum, particularly on the issue of unifying Ireland, requires...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: All I am asking for is preparation. I am not asking for a Border poll.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: I am asking for preparation. The only reason the Government would call for a referendum is if-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: Fifty-six per cent of people in Northern Ireland said they would vote for a united Ireland in the event of a hard Brexit.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: I am only talking about the opinion polls.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: They were all asking for the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: Donald Trump wants the Chairman to come over. He has a small bit of bother at the moment and he said there is only one man who can save him before he is sent on a further journey and that is the Chairman of the Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport. I wish to pay tribute to the athletes. I know they are not in it to participate. They are in it to win and that is made all the harder...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: They should not be shy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: Mr. Doyle brought up the point of food consumption. Rowers have to take in many calories every day and the cost of that alone is enormous. Some sports require larger calorie intakes than others and I presume Sport Ireland does not take account of that. The grant is literally a one-size-fits-all operation. Sport Ireland will be in front of the committee but the budget planning is also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: Those are the problems we want to hear about. We want to hear about the day-to-day nuts and bolts problems the athletes are facing in trying to win medals. We want to then find solutions to the problems the athletes are having.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: Is this simply a bureaucratic decision by Sport Ireland? Is this how it operates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: I want to be clear on this issue because Sport Ireland is here before us on 16 October. Does it not matter if it is an Olympic year or not? Does Sport Ireland not see one year as any different to the other? That does not make a lot of sense.