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Seanad: Companies (Emission Reporting) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: I call the seconder of the Bill, Senator Higgins.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: If people are shopping local, they might also shop Irish, while they are at it. I call on Senator Craughwell.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: Before I call on Senator McGreehan, I agree with some of Senator Ó Donnghaile's sentiments regarding this issue. I was in Italy when the foreign affairs committees came together to reduce Operation Mare Nostrum from an area of many hundreds of thousands of square miles to just a couple of thousand square miles, which would clearly have the effect of people dying quietly in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: That is a policy decision that was taken a number of years ago to reduce the search and rescue operation, knowing what the consequences would be for refugees. Bear in mind that most of those refugees are created by situations that were largely exacerbated by European countries many decades or centuries ago.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator for sharing that with us this morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: I again support the calls to buy from businesses based in Ireland.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: Before I call the acting Leader to outline the Order of Business, I want to point out that I agree with Members the issue of pay for secretarial staff. The acting Leader will outline this in his response because he is also a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. This item has been dealt with by the commission, month in and month out. The reason Members might not be aware of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: Technically, on the Order of Business when you are bringing up a point of order, it should be on the rules of the House rather than on a point of information.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: That is clearly not my job. My job is not to tell people what to say on the Order of Business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: If people are raising issues, you can ask - and I am going to circulate it again - to intervene with a Senator who is making the statement at the time-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: No, I did not say to you to stay quiet.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: You can intervene when a Member is making a statement. At the end of the debate, when you are bringing up a point of order, it must relate to a ruling of the Chair on an issue or a procedure in the House. I will circulate that note again, along with a note on the other issue. There is an opportunity. It is not my role to tell people what is or is not appropriate in what they are saying.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: Senator, there is an opportunity to intervene.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: Senator, we are not reopening debates, but there is an opportunity to intervene while the person is making the statement, just so you know.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: The Senator did not ask. He has to ask. There is a Standing Order. I will send the Senator a copy of the Standing Order. For the benefit of everybody, if someone is saying something, Members have an opportunity to ask to intervene. If the speaker does not wish them to intervene or does not allow them, then that is the rule of the House. I call the acting Leader to outline a response to...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: I have received notice from Senator Malcolm Byrne that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017. I have also received notice from Senator Maria Byrne on the following...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Irish Sign Language (30 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Rabbitte, to the House and thank her for taking this important Commencement matter.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Irish Sign Language (30 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: Before I invite the Minister of State to respond, will she clarify whether the Department is in compliance with the Act at the moment? If she cannot provide the answer now, perhaps she could on another day.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Irish Sign Language (30 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State.