Results 121-140 of 167 for cork speaker:Mark Daly

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (6 Jul 2021)

Mark Daly: ...for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on her Department’s plans to increase funding for rural recreational officers to enable the administration of the rural recreation and walks scheme in west Cork. I have also received notice from Senator Martin Conway of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to make a statement on accessibility to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: ...made against them in terms of their attempts to smear Sergeant McCabe will face the full rigour of the law. In the context of the Taoiseach's inability to communicate, there was an event recently in Cork at which a person professed to be an Irish Sign Language interpreter. That person was actually a comedian and I have received communications from members of the deaf community who were...

Seanad: Interim Report on Flooding on River Shannon, November 2000: Statements (4 Dec 2009)

Mark Daly: .... I intend to be brief because much has already been said. I pay special tribute to the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, for his dedication on the weekend of the flooding in terms of visits to Cork and midland counties. Seeing the effects on the ground is preferable to reading the reports in the newspapers. While many of the services have been praised, some have been vilified for...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Mark Daly: ...them by the Taoiseach's spin unit, which obviously has not gone out of existence. The Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Damien English, was in Cork last week and said the Government had built 7,000 houses. The cumulative figure for social housing from July 2016 to date was put at 2,592 which, less the total completed in 2016 of 652,...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (12 Feb 2021)

Mark Daly: ...notice from Senator Tim Lombard of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to provide an update on the delivery of a permanent extension for the Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty, County Cork. I have also received notice from Senator Marie Sherlock of the following matter: The need for the Minister of State with responsibility for planning and local...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (25 May 2022)

Mark Daly: ...Service, NPWS. I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that the Port of Cork is a designated port for the importation of non-EU fresh produce. I have also received notice from Senator Fiona O’Loughlin of the following matter: The need for the Minister for...

Seanad: Cuimhneachán ar Chothrom Céad Bliain an Chéad Suí de Seanad Éireann – 11 Nollaig 1922 - Commemoration of the Centenary of the First Sitting of Seanad Éireann – 11 December 1922 (12 Dec 2022)

Mark Daly: ...my privilege to invite the Taoiseach to address us. In the course of his service as a public representative in public life he has, by any measure, made major changes in all the offices he has held. Since he was elected to Cork City Council in 1985, to Dáil Éireann in 1989 and as the first citizen and Lord Mayor of Cork from 1992-93, his public service has been about change....

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (28 Jun 2021)

Mark Daly: ...for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on her Department’s plan to increase funding for rural recreational officers to enable the administration of the rural recreation and walks scheme in west Cork. I have also received notice from Senator Seán Kyne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to make a statement on her plans to...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Daly: ...State with responsibility for planning and local government to make a statement on the opening hours of public amenities, in particular the opening hours for Dunmanway municipal swimming pool in County Cork. Of the matters raised by the Senators that are suitable for discussion, I have selected those of Senators Chambers, McGreehan, O'Loughlin and Ardagh who will be sharing time, Malcolm...

Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jun 2012)

Mark Daly: .... I do not accept the point about commercial sensitivity. Senator Clune would be aware of this from her own constituency. How is it in the best interest of the taxpayer that 450 acres of land in Cork was sold without anybody knowing about it? How is that in the interests of anybody? It is only in the interest of the people who bought it quietly from the bank, with the agreement of...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: ...and yet we deny them the vote. If we add up the number of people who in the North and the number living overseas who have Irish passports and who were born in Ireland, it is the equivalent population of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick cities combined. Imagine that. We do not allow that number of people to vote and yet they are citizens under our Constitution. When Daniel...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Daly: ...the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make a statement on the number of vacancies in district veterinary posts with responsibility for the TB eradication programme, in particular in the Waterford and Cork areas. I have also received notice from Senator Garret Ahearn of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on increased uptake of...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Daly: ...Rural and Community Development to make a statement on her Department’s plans to increase funding for rural recreational officers to enable the administration of the rural recreation and walks scheme in west Cork. I have also received notice from Senator Maria Byrne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to review the earnings threshold for...

Seanad: Human Body Organs and Human Tissue Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Mark Daly: ...more fulfilled and other lives would be saved. In my own county, it is somewhat encouraging to note there were nine times more organ donations in Kerry General Hospital than in a major hospital in Cork, and 18 people's lives were transformed forever by the actions of the Kerry hospital. It is the staff in the hospital who took the initiative, went to the families and looked for organs...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (5 Mar 2021)

Mark Daly: ...Senator Tim Lombard of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to provide an update on the delivery of a permanent extension for Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty, County Cork. I have also received notice from Senator Rónán Mullen of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the conditions applied by his...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Daly: ...matter: The need for the Minister for Education to provide an update on the timelines associated with the design and planning for the proposed new build for Summercove National School, Kinsale, Co. Cork. Of the matters raised by the Senators suitable for discussion, I have selected the matters raised by Senators Buttimer, McGreehan, Seery Kearney and O’Loughlin and they will be...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Mark Daly: .... I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the provision of additional neurology nurses for Cork University Hospital. I have also received notice from Senators Garret Ahearn and Tim Lombard of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture to make a statement on the...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: ...or Seanad election so many years later. The number of people we are trying to include in the proposal to extend voting rights to citizens outside the State is equal to the cities of Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Dublin and Galway combined. This shows how much of a democratic deficit we have in the State. The most fundamental right of any citizen in any state is the right to vote. Articles...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (6 Oct 2021)

Mark Daly: ...following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to provide an update on the timelines associated with the design and planning for the proposed new build for Summercove National School, Kinsale, County Cork. I have also received from Senator John McGahon of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the development of greenways and...

Seanad: Broadband, Post Office Network and Energy White Paper: Statements (27 Jan 2015)

Mark Daly: ...the Minister. I love this map, but the problem with it is that it lacks ambition. When one looks at the areas it is proposed to cover one notes that if one lives west of the Shannon or west of Cork city, one will not receive high speed broadband any time soon. In today's terms broadband is equivalent to what electricity was 50 years ago, in that nobody but the State could provide...