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Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: No.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: With the permission of the House I want to share one minute of my time with Senator White.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is the wrong plan at the wrong time. The man who told us the most about that is not anyone in this House or in the Dáil but President Clinton when he said in October 2011 that Ireland needs to solve its mortgage problem. We are not solving our mortgage problem. To bring in a property tax now without having solved the mortgage crisis, and...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I am not the expert on that. President Clinton said that property and mortgages are our biggest problem and as a nation we have not dealt with that. To bring in this tax at this time will make a very bad situation much worse. I am a valuer. I have read the legislation and I can guarantee the Government that there will be pandemonium next year when it comes people self-assessing the value...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: The Minister is well aware of the ticking time bomb that is our tracker mortgages issue and of all the properties in default and in arrears. He knows that introducing a property tax in a distressed property market by any economist's standards is the wrong thing to do at this time.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Mark Daly: I want to pick up on the issue of ability to pay and speak about valuations of which I have some knowledge. That will be a huge issue. In terms of ability to pay, which is what the amendment is about, some people paid their stamp duty up-front as part of their mortgage and therefore every month they paid back that stamp duty in their mortgage payment which they gave to the Government and...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

Mark Daly: I ask the Acting Leader to organise a debate on the undocumented in the United States. President Obama outlined his proposals yesterday and in his address spoke about previous generations of emigrants to the United States, including the Irish who were fleeing the Famine. On Monday eight Senators, comprising Republicans and Democrats, including Senator McCain, who previously tried to get...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: I welcome the news from the Minister of State responsible for the OPW, Deputy Brian Hayes, that Derrynane House will remain open this season. The Minister of State is a great believer in and follower of Daniel O'Connell, "the Liberator", the man who was accredited by none other than William Wilburforce as being instrumental in Catholic emancipation and the abolition of slavery. I ask the...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: If my learned colleague from Kerry is making accusations, I look forward to the debate on valuations. When the letters arrive on his doorstep and on the doorsteps of other people in Kerry, I am sure the errors of the Revenue Commissioners will become quite apparent in regard to their valuations of people's houses.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: The way the Government is going about this process is a shambles. This is the wrong plan at the wrong time.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: My colleague from Kerry makes numerous interruptions on the Order of Business in regard to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: Senator Coghlan likes to be provoked.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: Will the Leader organise a debate on the property tax and the shambles which is this valuation process that the Revenue Commissioners are engaging in on behalf of, and on the instruction of, the Government?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: In many ways, it is ironic that it is not long since the children's referendum which placed a constitutional obligation on the State to protect children. When the State or a person fails in its or his or her duty, it or he or she should apologise. When the Minister for Justice and Equality was in opposition, he described the State as being directly responsible for barbaric cruelty yet in a...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: Will the Leader arrange a debate? It is ironic that today we will issue an apology to those who deserted the Irish Army to join the British Army. Their treatment was cruel and unusual and we are giving them an apology. Is it not ironic that we are giving an apology to people who deserted the Irish Army yet women who did nothing wrong but who were treated so cruelly by the Irish State are...

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: I wish to share time with Senator Mary White.

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: I welcome the debate. Obviously the closure of rural Garda stations is a hotly contested and debated issue in County Kerry because so many areas are affected. They stations affected are Ballinskelligs, Valentia Island, Beaufort, Kilgarvan, Lauragh, Brosna, Abbeydorney, Camp and Fenit. While the Government side has articulated that there are nearby Garda stations and its masters of spin...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: I support my colleague, Senator MacSharry, in his call for action by the Government on the banking issue. All we have seen so far is activity portrayed as action. The sight of the Governor of the Central Bank calling on the Government to do something tells us that even he is frustrated by the lack of action two years on.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: I ask the Deputy Leader to organise a debate regarding a specific action and issue related to The Gathering. We had a debate on it recently but airlines seem to be sabotaging the Government's initiative by price hikes, which in some cases have doubled. I have been contacted by people in Boston who paid $4,300 for flights and car hire for a family of five less than two years ago but the same...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: This tells us that the airlines are taking advantage of a great Government initiative. Events for The Gathering will take place in Kerry and throughout the country. How will people travel to The Gathering if they will be charged double the fare and rates of a couple of years ago? I ask the Deputy Leader to arrange the debate.