Results 1,361-1,380 of 8,392 for speaker:Mark Daly
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: -----to move nowhere-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: It would protect children from the harmful effects of smoking. Is the Senator willing to defend that lack of legislative progress?
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: If he is happy with that, he is more than welcome to stand up and defend the fact that legislation which would protect children from the harmful effects of smoking has not progressed an inch. Is the Senator saying Senator Crown does not have the credibility to say that the legislation should be adopted by the Government? It was adopted by the Government. The Minister for Health came to the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: I have a question for the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: The Senator has indicated that he wants to answer it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: I was interrupted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: Yes, on the topic of job creation. In Kerry, funding for the south Kerry development partnership was reduced by nearly €2 million and 172 jobs that could be created will now not be created because the funding has been cut.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that the Minister for Health should come before the House to discuss SI 325 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012. I attended the Irish Kidney Association's annual general meeting earlier this year and I am aware that the association is dissatisfied at the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: We are seeing the code of conduct being amended to suit the banks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: There is no protection in it for the mortgage holders and those in distress. I call on the Leader to facilitate the request of my colleague, Senator Byrne, for an amendment to the Order of Business to discuss the issue. The game goes on and the people writing the legislation are not the legislators. The Minister would not outline what changes he has allowed to be made to the legislation...
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. While I realise that the Bill is amending previous legislation, I note that the Minister referred in his speech to good faith. We should reflect on the actions of the banks to date. We saw in the newspapers today reference to the banks being hauled over the coals by the Central Bank because they have not met the targets in terms of coming to...
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: He had no problem replying last time. We were not even on Committee Stage last time.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: Since the Minister had no problem replying the last time, I am affording him the opportunity to give a response this time. Is he considering making available to us the position papers that the banks had when they approached him with regard to the personal insolvency legislation?
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: I am making my contribution.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: He does not have to respond if he does not want to respond. I am giving him an opportunity to respond.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: He responded the last time.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: As the Minister knows, silence is not acquiescence in the eyes of the law.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: Would I take that as-----
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: Is that a "No"? Is the Minister not willing to give the transparency he promised when entering government? When the banks discussed the Personal Insolvency Bill with the Government all we asked for was transparency.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)
Mark Daly: The people want to know what the banks asked for when it came to the Personal Insolvency Bill. The last time the Minister was in the House I asked him to make those papers available to us and we still do not have them. Would the Minister consider making available to the people what the Personal Insolvency Bill-----