Results 181-200 of 300 for long speaker:Mark Daly

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (5 Oct 2016)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. The European Union in itself is a peace process; it is probably the longest running peace process in the world and the project has been put in jeopardy by the result of the vote in the United Kingdom. Not only has the project been put in jeopardy but Northern Ireland and the peace process are also in jeopardy. Funding is one clear issue, as is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK EU Referendum Result: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

Mark Daly: ...on many areas. On our position on the European Court of Human Rights because it forms part of the Good Friday Agreement, the UK has been trying to leave the European Court of Human Rights for a long time. Long before Brexit, they have been giving out about it. The Irish position, I would propose, and hope the Minister would support, is that, whatever about Britain - being England,...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: ...in the Bill. Will the Deputy Leader allow for it to be published? In the autumn, instead of making statements ad nauseambecause there is no legislation, Fianna Fáil has legislation, which is long overdue, that is ready to be debated.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (15 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: As long as the Minister of State does not apply for permanent membership, he will be fine.

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

Mark Daly: ...we seem to value only on St. Patrick's Day and then do not give them the most basic right of a citizen in any republic, namely, the right to vote. The establishment has resisted that for far too long, which is the reason we welcome the Bill. We will table amendments on Committee Stage but the fundamental principle of reforming this House is important. Doing that without another...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: ..., are that the nine emergency departments in Cavan, Naas, Portiuncula, Kilkenny, Mullingar, Clonmel, Cork's Mercy Hospital and Portlaoise would be shut down and their patients would be moved, along with any future patients, into an already overcrowded and chaotic emergency department system. It must be borne in mind there is a lack of joined-up thinking here. Currently some of those...

Seanad: EU-UK Relations: Statements (22 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: ...bloc and to have its influence, which, as other Members have said, is very important in lessening the power of the bureaucrats. In many ways, the European Union has lost its way because it is no longer, and many would say it never was, a democracy. To some extent, the European parliaments, those Governments that assisted the EU and those that are part of it do not want it to be a...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I congratulate Senator Norris on taking the Chair and refereeing this part of the occasion and on his re-election and his long service. He championed causes when they were not popular and he has seen them through. It is a great honour for me to second the proposal of Senator Denis O'Donovan as Cathaoirleach of the Twenty-fifth Seanad. As a Kerry man, it is always an honour to support...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: ...to protect it. I understand some attempts were made to start that but four years on, in the year of the hundredth anniversary of the 1916 Rising there is a Bill, all on one page, 23 lines long, which we could have passed by this evening while the other House could do it on Tuesday, if it so wished. Will the Leader allow time for that? We will table an amendment to the Order of Business...

Seanad: Energy Bill 2016: Second Stage (28 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: ...not into account? We will go through the legislation in finer detail when we debate the amendments. I refer to the changes to the board. Honest to God, nothing ever changes. The fact the three longest serving members of the board do not have to retire and the period concerned has been increased from five and ten years is not appropriate. The energy sector is a powerful lobby, so one...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: ...visited upon them by the EU will be remembered in Ireland. Members should bear in mind that a day will come when there might be another referendum on the EU and the Irish people will have long memories in that regard. They will not forget our treatment by the EU and there will be long-term consequences because people in this country have lost faith in the European Union as a result of...

Seanad: Local Government Review: Statements (26 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: ...PRSI payment and councillors' lack of pension provision. In many instances this is a councillor's only job and this should be of concern to us all. The days of being a voluntary councillor are long past because there are so many competing alternatives. If one wants the best people one needs to make sure they are properly catered for and compensated appropriately. Reference was made to...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: I hope that he will discuss the Bill, which is only one page long, with the Government Whips over the next few days. A great deal of legislation is being passed by this House without debate. We now have an opportunity in the dying days of this Government to protect the national anthem, which I believe would be befitting of the memory of the men and women of 1916.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: The note continues:This isn't even a guarantee of prolonged good health because my efforts will be in vain. I will still end up battling consistent chest infections, enduring long hospitalisation stays, which will lead to my eventual death sooner rather than later.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: ...out in the jurisdiction to which a person is repatriated. The Government does not seem to be concerned about it or aware of it. Ibrahim Halawa has been tortured and kept in detention for a long time. Last Sunday was his 20th birthday and he has been in jail since he was 17. The myriad UN declarations and conventions the Egyptian Government has breached is astonishing. More astonishing...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: ...and I supported, dealt with in the regulations this week. This House can do what the Dáil simply would not pursue. Senators are aware that the process is quite laborious, and legislation takes a long time to get through. A reformed Seanad could do more of that and be as dynamic as Senator Crown and others have made it over the years. However, for that to happen the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: How long did it take to get an ambassador out there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: I am not saying anything against the people out there. I am asking why it took so long to get the ambassador out there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: ...get more. Unfortunately, the lack of unity within the Palestinian community in the different groups in Gaza and the West Bank appears to be the perfect textbook policy of divide and conquer. As long as Palestine is divided, they will continue to conquer.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2015)

Mark Daly: I join colleagues in wishing Bernard Hand a long and happy retirement. If he can solve the mystery of how to spend time without spending money, he might share it with all of us in this House. I am sure that Paddy Cullen would have been delighted with Bernard's services when Kerry scored that famous goal. Paddy was described at the time as being like a woman who smelled the cake burning but...