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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: Will the Leader clarify whether the phrase "The job is as good as yours" was used? To make such a journey and to claim that he never met him is quite extraordinary.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence. Members have often criticised Israel here and have been lambasted as being anti-Israel and anti-Jewish. That is not the situation. Just because people criticise a country does not mean they are against it. They might rather be in favour of a peace process in Palestine. Just because Members might criticise the United States, that does not mean...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: Just because a person might question whether an ambassador was aware that he had been invited to a fund-raiser by a political party-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: -----it does not mean Members have the right to cast aspersions on anyone's character. I ask the Cathaoirleach to look at the record of what was said yesterday and the comments made by Members here who themselves have castigated the British on many occasions. All I ask of our colleagues across the water-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: -----is to release the files on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: Will Senator Paul Coghlan, who seems to be a great friend of the British ambassador, ask him to do so?

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: I am sure the Minister of State is aware that there has been only one instance of a licence not being granted. If, however, somebody is going to commit his or her land to forestry for life, he or she will want to have some certainty in respect of the matter. As I understand it, the grounds on which a licence may not be granted relate to the protection of the environment; the ensuring of...

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State. He referred to regulations outlining the grounds on which compensation will either be paid or not paid. However, the legislation specifically refers to the grounds on which an official may refuse an application for a licence. As stated earlier, these are the protection of the environment; the ensuring of good forestry practice - which is open to...

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: The legal advice appears to indicate that compensation might be payable. However, the grounds set out in the Bill are quite specific and pretty much all-encompassing and seem to indicate that the Government will not pay compensation in respect of the refusal of felling licences. I understand that a licence has only ever been refused on one occasion. Perhaps the Minister of State's...

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: The information with which I have been provided indicates that there has been one case in the past 60 years.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: We ask that the Minister of State examine the matter. We can always vote against the provision on Report Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: Yesterday the Minister for Finance promised something for everyone in the budget and he certainly delivered in that regard. He ensured pain for the poor, more cuts for the squeezed middle and more fear for the elderly. Deputy Donnelly in an interview on "Morning Ireland" this morning said that the Government has introduced a politically strong but economically weak budget and he was right.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: An article in the Daily Mailtoday made reference to buying an election and that is what this Government is doing. All of the commentators are saying that the Government is buying votes with borrowed money.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: It is buying votes with borrowed money and that is a fact. The Government is also helping what could be seen as Fine Gael core voters, but not Labour Party core voters. Those who are earning €70,000 per annum are four times better off in cash terms than those earning the minimum wage although I am sure the Labour Party would like to see the latter group voting for them in the next...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: Those earning €17,500 will be worse off than those earning €70,000 and that is before we take water charges into account.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: Before Government Senators get too excited about the budget they should wait until they go home.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: When they arrive back in their constituencies they will meet those people who will be worse off.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: I would like the Leader to organise a debate on what was not in the budget. The promise to get rid of prescription charged was not kept in the budget.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: We are all looking for the pen Deputy Ruairí Quinn used to sign the piece of paper that said he would abolish college fees.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: College fees will be €3,000 next year. The much lauded 1,700 extra teachers are not extra teachers but just keeping up with the growth in pupil numbers. There will be no reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio.