Results 701-720 of 8,392 for speaker:Mark Daly

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: On the anniversary of the claim not to put in one more red cent, can we get clarification on whether the Attorney General-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: The Attorney General gave the Labour Party its advice when it claimed legislation would be introduced-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: ----- and that there was no need for a referendum on the rates reduction promised by Labour.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: Was the Attorney General involved in that legal advice-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: ----- because she is giving the advice on the referendum?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: An excellent turn of phrase.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: It was not an economic but a political decision to close it down.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I, too, support the amendment to the Order of Business. I also support Senator Ó Domhnaill's remarks in regard to our obligations to the victims of child abuse, in respect of which my record is well known. At a time when we are trying to get answers from the Holy See in terms of its role in the cover-up in this regard, the withdrawal of an embassy is not a positive step. The Ireland Stand...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I did not hear Senator Coghlan's comment but I hope he was not calling me what he was calling other people yesterday. Ireland Stand Up will appear before the foreign affairs committee in the near future. I agree with colleagues opposite that the Vatican issue while important is not more important than the issue of jobs and the jobs plan. While the Government previously promised a jobs...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: On the issue of job creation. Government red tape is preventing the creation of jobs in several areas. It is not money but our processes that are failing us. If we cut the red tape, more jobs will be created. We do not need to keep injecting money into this, rather we need to cut the red tape.

Seanad: Undocumented Irish (15 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House. I know that on 4 October 2011 he answered questions on this issue raised by Deputy Naughten. Things have since moved on. The Tánaiste had several meetings on the issue of the new visa programme and the E-3, the most critical of which was with Senator Brown of the US Senate. The Australians have an E-3 visa programme and we are looking for an Irish...

Seanad: Undocumented Irish (15 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. It is a difficult area, with so many competing elements in Washington. I would like to impress on him that at some stage in the negotiations at committee level in the US Senate, we will be given an E-3 visa at the Australian entry level, which is degree level. We should with all our diplomatic might to say "No" to that. We can give way on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: They did not get a receipt either.

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 33, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following subsection: "(6) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5), energy efficiency improvement measures include the provision of dry lining or any other form of wall insulation, or the provision of double glazed windows.". The purpose of the amendment is to add a small subsection on dry lining...

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I am concerned about primary legislation not being prescriptive. As the Minister is aware, a report was published by the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny that indicated 75% of legislation in any given year was implemented by way of statutory instruments signed by Ministers to give effect to EU law and often to amend legislation where that power had been given to the Minister under...

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for his comments and wish him well in his portfolio. I thank him for coming to the House. As he said, this uncontroversial Bill did not attract robust exchanges on Second Stage. We were glad to co-operate with the Minister and point out to him some of the improvements that could be made to the legislation. I wish to mention what I find amazing about the statutory...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: The principal of Lauragh national school organised a public meeting on rural schools in Kerry last night. I thank the Leader for facilitating several debates on this issue. A positive development in this regard is the GAA's decision to support the issue because it realises its own vested interests are at stake. Rural schools must be maintained if the social and sporting life of communities...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: Ireland and the EU have a democratic deficit. The direction the EU is taking is not democratic in nature. Since the failure of the euro started, we have seen that it was designed to fail. According to many commentators, it was not structured correctly. The new EU structures being put in place are also designed to fail. They lack consultation with-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: If Senator Healy Eames believes that a lack of consultation with the citizens of Europe-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: If one designs a democratic structure without consulting the people-----