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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: Did the Labour Party support the last referendum?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I asked Deputy Gilroy a question, through the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: The Government made promises in the election and it has broken promise after promise.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: We cannot believe the Government's election promises.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I support my colleagues opposite on amending the Valuations Act 2001. I also met the organisation which is running the campaign on commercial rates. I suggested that we would support any amendment to the Act that would allow a right of appeal. Will the Leader bring such legislation to the House at the earliest opportunity. I agree with Senator Byrne. I, too, raised the issue of RTE and I...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: That is good research.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: They know all about jobs for the boys.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: What about Guinness?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: We will join the Commonwealth. That is the next step by Fine Gael, is it?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: No advertising, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: Is the Senator serious? We are talking about a card-carrying member of the Labour Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: The point of order is that if the Senator accuses me of giving misinformation-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: To have bureaucrats go through legislation is unacceptable.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: Reviewing legislation is the job of Government and not that of 90 bureaucrats.

Seanad: Cystic Fibrosis Services (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State. I wish to raise with her the provision of adult cystic fibrosis in-care beds at Cork University Hospital. She will be aware that in Ireland one in 19 people carry the cystic fibrosis gene. When two parents carrying the gene have a child, there is a one in four chance that it will be born with cystic fibrosis. While we are unique in that we have a higher...

Seanad: Cystic Fibrosis Services (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: The Build4Life organisation has sought a meeting with the Minister who, to date, has refused to meet it. As I pointed out, if the Minister allocated €300,000 from national lottery funding, as his predecessor did, the spend of €2.3 million would result in a tax return of €450,000. There is no timeline for the provision of this service. The final line of the Minister's reply reads,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I support my colleagues on their criticisms of the repayment of some of the unsecured bondholders. It is a startling fact that €34 billion worth of bonds were repaid to investors - investors are risk-takers - despite the fact that these bonds were insured by a Government against default. We did not ask the bondholders whether they were insured, we just wrote the cheque for €34 billion...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: Along with my other colleagues I ask the Leader to bring the Minister to the House to discuss the crisis situation for those people who are being evicted. We also need a debate on the issue of bondholders to which I referred.

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (18 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, to the House. This is a short query on the family income supplement, which is currently being included as assessable for consideration when persons are being considered for housing applications. I would ask the Minister, in light of the current situation, that it would not be assessable for consideration when people's household means are being...