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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Senator Moloney's party seems to want to remove the prayer from the House and that is not a personal matter, it is a political matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: The leader of the Labour Party group is making a political issue of it.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: What happened in Cloyne and what the church has done is an abomination beyond reckoning but that is no excuse for political pointscoring in this House. That is a disgrace and the leader of the Labour Party group should reflect with Senators opposite.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Perhaps Senator Bacik will discuss policy with her Labour Party Senators because it seems to be news to them.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Good man Paul.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Are we discussing all the groupings together?

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: How much time have we got? I would like to share with my colleagues.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: But we are being cut off at 7.30 p.m.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Yes. I am just saying that I do not want to hog the time, as we are doing all of this in one go and stopping at 7.30 p.m. I was interested that the Minister mentioned the commitment in the programme for Government to protect the universal postal service. I have mentioned previously the statement in the programme for Government about the position of An Post as the State's postal service...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (26 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: I support my colleague on amendment No. 5. As the Senator mentioned, we are only supporting Fine Gael and Labour in their commitments in the programme for Government. As I indicated in my opening address, that document was produced only four months ago. I do not know what has happened in the meantime but the parties have rowed back on that commitment. I fear that we are teeing up An Post...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (26 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: It will take the Minister longer to recover from the programme for Government, which was produced just four months ago.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: In 1987, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence published a study entitled "The self-reported sex crimes of non-incarcerated paedophiles". This study found that in a lifetime, a single child abuser will sexually abuse and rape, on average, 150 children. It is estimated by One in Four that only one in 100 victims of child abuse who come forward and report incidents of rape and sexual abuse to...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: I am sorry. The priest in question was advertised as a spiritual director for a pilgrimage to Fatima, a location where he could have unsupervised access to children. The head of the order did not know he had gone to Fatima until I told him. Similarly the priest travelled to Rome in Easter 2011 without informing the designated person or Pope Benedict in his role as vicar of Rome. Only last...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. He was a selector on the Cork minor football team from 1991 to 1993 and manager of the Cork under-16s football team.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. The Missionaries of the Scared Heart imposed a restricted order which should control the priest in question's access to children. Victims needs to know there is help and they are not the only ones who have suffered abuse. Nothing we say here and no words of mine can comfort them in their suffering due to a crime so outrageous.

Seanad: Family Home Bill 2011: Second Stage (27 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: We could call for a free vote.

Seanad: Family Home Bill 2011: Second Stage (27 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I liked his discussion on the Constitution and the independence of the Seanad. The term "A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse" came into play at one stage. He said he is part of the Government while we are independent and that it was up to us to make a decision because he was not going to tell us what to do. I hope that my colleagues...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)

Mark Daly: I support Senator Leyden's amendment to the Order of Business to ask the Minister for Health to come into the House. As Senator Leyden pointed out, he has only come in once so far, on an issue agreed by all parties. Members opposite have also asked for him to come into the House so we will see if they will support the call for the Minister to come before us. I note the Deputy Leader's...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)

Mark Daly: I am seconding Senator Leyden's amendment to the Order of Business. I also thank Mr. Gordon Jeyes of the HSE, Mr. Ian Elliott of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church and Detective Superintendent John McCann for their efforts in this regard. Garda investigations are ongoing and I ask anyone who has information to give it to the appropriate authorities. It is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)

Mark Daly: I also note that a New York based group has reported the Vatican to the International Criminal Court with regard to these issues.