Results 921-940 of 8,392 for speaker:Mark Daly

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Mark Daly: I have no problems with pardons. I wanted to clarify that for Senator Gilroy.

Seanad: Rent Supplements: Motion (4 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. An enormous sum of money has been spent on this scheme over the past five years. In her speech to the House earlier the Minister spoke of her amazement at the proposal to pay landlords directly. Previously, rent was paid directly to landlords under this and other schemes but now it is paid to tenants. This has left some curious anomalies in the system...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by my colleague, Senator Diarmuid Wilson. Will the Leader organise a debate on the US-Ireland Alliance? One issue I would like discussed is the reason the president of the alliance, Ms Trina Vargo, has not attended the Oireachtas joint foreign affairs committee in spite of being requested to do so. She indicated to the committee...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: We were told we would receive an answer to our request for the lady to come before the committee by the end of June but that deadline has passed and we have not received any response as to whether she will attend. She has questions to answer. The US State Department has cut funding to the Mitchell Scholars programme which is run by the US-Ireland Alliance. Many, probably all Senators, will...

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. I commend Senators MacSharry and Crown for introducing this Bill. Senator MacSharry is well aware of the importance of cancer, having fought the fight in his own family in Sligo for many years. Many families have been affected by cancer and we all know someone who has suffered with the disease. The Bill is given added weight by the inclusion of Senator...

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: She is not as qualified ---

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I am surprised at my colleagues opposite for intervening when I mentioned Dr. Susan O'Reilly's name, given that they have already put it on the record themselves.

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I am merely pointing out that the name has been mentioned by others. If someone can mention it in a positive way, it can also be mentioned in a negative way.

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I have stated the most qualified person in the Chamber has his name on the Bill which Government Senators are about to reject. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence. I support the Bill, as there is no one more qualified than Senator John Crown, while no one has a better track record on the issue of cancer treatment than Senator Mark MacSharry.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: Reducing the voting age.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: Magnanimous.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: Like other colleagues, I object to the Order of Business because of the limited amount of time allocated for the debate on the constitutional convention. The Government has most certainly turned it into a window dressing exercise in order to distract attention from the real issues. I also join the many Senators who have called for a debate on suicide, the real issue of this generation. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to provide time next week for the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to come to the House to discuss the future of the Mitchell scholars programme and the future of the US-Ireland Alliance in light of the fact we cannot get the president of the US-Ireland Alliance to appear before the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: Like others, I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the issue of pilot training. How did the Irish Aviation Authority give a clean bill of health to the company concerned a few months ago? I renew my call for a debate on repairing the democratic deficit. Last week, we saw the democratically elected Údarás na Gaeltachta being abolished. We hear town councils are to be got rid of and...

Seanad: Mutual Recognition of Driving Licences (19 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I apologise to the Minister of State for being late. The debate on the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill concluded earlier than I had anticipated. The issue I raise is simple. What is the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport doing on behalf of up to 8,000 Irish citizens who will travel to Canada this year to find work? We do not have an agreement in place with Canada...

Seanad: Mutual Recognition of Driving Licences (19 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I note the case is that the Department is doing some research on the issue and cannot guarantee the outcome. Logic would suggest our driving test is not dissimilar to that in England. If England can do it, we should not have to wait too long. We do not need to send anybody to Canada to research the issue; all we need is to send them to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: Like my colleague, Senator Darragh O'Brien, I am calling for a debate on job creation. In the run-up to last year's general election the Government parties promised to create 40,000 jobs a year. There is no system to measure how many jobs will be created on foot of the Government's raid of ¤2 billion from the National Pensions Reserve Fund over four years. I call for a debate on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: One should be able to create a situation where-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: I presume the German Minister is trying to imply that if Europe decided to go to war one country could not stop it. It is bizarre stuff, I agree with Senator Whelan. Coming from the German Minister I need say no more than that we should be slightly concerned that this has been reported. The fact that a German Minister wants to create a European army and that a veto would not be a part of...

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. In the first instance, this process lacks the openness and transparency we would wish for in the establishment of Irish Water. There was a bypassing of the Oireachtas in terms of detail and there is obvious confusion in Cabinet about certain issues relating to charging for the water supply. Much effort has been made to establish when this...