Results 1,621-1,640 of 8,400 for speaker:Mark Daly
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: This is a matter of fact.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: I know that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: This has nothing to do with privilege. It is a fact that-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: This is not in relation to an individual. It is in relation to loans that are on the public record. Am I allowed to discuss those?
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: I am asking the Leader about issues which I have raised previously in relation to lands that have been sold not only below market value but for less than that for which they were sold to NAMA. Properties for sale to developers or people in the know are not being made available to the public by way of list or advertisement in the newspapers and so on. We previously asked in the context of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: What we need in NAMA is transparency for the good of NAMA, the taxpayer, NAMA employees and for the betterment of the structure of NAMA.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: I support the amendment to the Order of Business so that a Minister can come to the House to see if the Government knows what is going on in order to have transparency in NAMA.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: They were substantiated.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: The Taoiseach's nominee.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is well recognised that we have a national democratic deficit in this country. In fact, Ireland is the most centralised country in the EU in terms of its democratic structures. Since this Government came into power there has been an attempt to centralise power further by way of the attempted abolition of the Seanad and the abolition of...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: Is Senator Coghlan going to talk about NAMA again?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: Senator Coghlan has the hotline from NAMA.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: Senator Coghlan should be careful. He has an electorate out there and some of those voters will be paying attention to this debate.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: The members of Killarney Town Council will not be happy to hear that.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: Is the Senator seriously in favour of getting rid of Killarney Town Council?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: The Senator cannot have his cake and eat it.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: Or Kilkenny.
- Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. Like others, I thank him for his work on this issue. I also thank my colleague, Senator Crown, on the introduction of this important Bill. The Seanad has engaged in public consultation on the issue of cancer and how lifestyle is causing one third of all cancers. The Minister will be aware of the serious cost in this regard in terms of human lives and...
- Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: I said that.
- Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)
Mark Daly: It is in every Department. It did not change with the change in Government; it is still there. There is always a reason to change a Bill, which is why we have Committee Stage. Certain Bills introduced this week will be amended on Committee Stage because no Bill on inception is perfect. I am aware of Bills that were written by professional draftspeople, who have worked for all parties, and...