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Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Coghlan.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Mark Daly: Yes. Will the Leader allow Government time in relation to this issue? I have previously put that request to the Leader. I have also asked that the Attorney General be brought before the House to explain the reason NAMA is not selling these assets in accordance with the law laid down by this House?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Mark Daly: We know what happened to the Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2011 last night and what happens to all Bills introduced in this House, including by the Labour Party Members.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Mark Daly: There is no problem with NAMA selling assets at any price so long as it is done in an open and transparent manner. It is quite obvious that is not happening.

Seanad: Review of White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 May 2012)

Mark Daly: Our overseas aid budget is shrinking but our commitment to the European Union is remaining static. We have committed to meeting 1.17% of the cost of the various EU programmes in this area, some of which were discussed at the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade earlier. We will pay billions of euro in that way during the period between 2014 and 2020, to which the next tranche of...

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)

Mark Daly: Hopefully not.

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I am sharing time with Senator MacSharry.

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, to the House and thank him for his statement. We are fortunate to have him, as well as Senator Crown, in this debate. Both doctors have significant experience in this field and Senator van Turnhout has experience as an advocate of children's rights. To praise the Minister comes easy given he has welcomed the Bill. Since I was elected to the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him on bringing forward this important legislation. It is long overdue. Unfortunately, the 1998 Act did not go far enough. Many people would be behind bars if the obligation to report sexual offences had been included in that Act. Can the Minister consider the issue of people being informed by a credible source that abuse has taken place...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I, like others, welcome the development of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly being in the Senate chamber. Like others, I have made proposals on The Gathering to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar. I propose that members of the Irish overseas who are members of parliament in Westminster, America, Australia, New Zealand and, our fifth largest overseas...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Coghlan. While I agree with him that one cannot believe everything that one reads, he would be aware that his own leader, Deputy Enda Kenny, who is the Taoiseach, and he said that in June that he was concerned about NAMA and its operations.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: If he was so full of confidence, he would not have raised the issue at a previous meeting of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, which was held in Cork.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: He did explain it all at the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I have. I think we should debate NAMA and the bank resolution-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I know my colleague from Kerry would-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I have. I am suggesting that this issue should be debated as a matter of urgency. Fianna Fáil's next Private Members' time is three weeks away. Every time NAMA sells a property or an asset without openness or transparency, the Irish taxpayer loses hundreds of thousands of euro, if not millions of euro. NAMA and the Irish banks are agreeing deals at a cost to the Irish taxpayer.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: With all due respect to the Senator, he is quite aware that the banks are making a loss.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: NAMA has taken over these loans at a loss to the banks in question. The Irish taxpayer is footing that bill, as Senator Coghlan is well aware.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I ask Senator Coghlan, as the Fine Gael Whip in this House, to provide time for a debate on this issue as a matter of urgency.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Mark Daly: He is not God.