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Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: Budgets should be about fairness and equity, and those who have the most should contribute most to the most vulnerable people in our society. I am afraid this budget does not achieve that. We know from the credit union survey that 1.8 million people have less than ¤100 left at the end of the month, yet we are bringing a property tax down on their heads. In October last year Bill Clinton...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: We could say the same of Labour.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: A burning issue.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: Do you want to let him in, a Chathaoirligh?

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister. My colleague raised an important issue on the powers of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality in the event that the person in charge does not want to appear. Even if he does, in some of our committees we have seen that the answers are less than forthcoming and unclear. In some cases witnesses have been showing disdain for committees. This is...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: Do you want to let him in, a Chathaoirligh?

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister. My colleague raised an important issue on the powers of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality in the event that the person in charge does not want to appear. Even if he does, in some of our committees we have seen that the answers are less than forthcoming and unclear. In some cases witnesses have been showing disdain for committees. This is...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on uniting Ireland. The census results from the North are available today. The figures belie the underlying issue because, as we see, many in the North, both Catholic and Protestant, do not regard themselves as either British or Irish but as Northern Irish. One cannot unite a territory without uniting people. In the past 40 years, as the population...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: What do you think now, Paul?

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the motion. The words that struck me most in the motion were "active citizenship" in regard to youth work, an issue I addressed previously in respect of the education system when the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, was in the House. If we sent our children to school for 14 or 15 years but did not teach them Irish it would be foolhardy to expect them to...

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I take on board the Senator's point. I understand the argument she is making. The failing of all governments since the foundation of the State has been that we do not teach our children to be active citizens - all the voluntary organisations do. We know that the parents who bring their children to the scouts and events are already active citizens. Most of us are products of parents who...

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: They are the models and examples. I wanted to ensure all those who did not have the models and examples such as those in the Visitors Gallery and who go through the education system are encouraged to become active citizens.

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: We are having a debate and I just wanted-----

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I am saying the system is not-----

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: The system is not ideal and-----

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: ----- we have the lowest voter participation in Europe.

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I am only quoting the governor of Mountjoy Prison who knows more about prison systems than anybody else.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: Pat Finucane was murdered by the British state and his death demands a full public inquiry. That the report leads to more questions than answers and leaves the family no better off in its understanding of the truth behind his murder tells us we need such an inquiry. The British Government signed the Weston Park Agreement, under which all cases involving murder and collusion by the British...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: When a British Government signs up to an international agreement, one would hope it would abide by it. The Weston Park Agreement was signed by the Irish and British Governments and murders in which collusion was suspected were to be investigated. No Member would disagree with the implementation of an international agreement. The issue of "on the runs" is part of the agreement and, to date,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: That is a concern to anyone who believes we need a resolution and to put the past behind us. As the British establishment continues to refuse to investigate itself, we can only draw one conclusion, which is Pat Finucane was murdered at the behest of, and with the approval of, senior people in the British Government.