Results 2,121-2,140 of 2,254 for speaker:Paul Daly

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Macra na Feirme and the Irish Farmers Association (18 May 2017)

Paul Daly: It would not happen here.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Food Drink Ireland and Meat Industry Ireland (18 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome both gentlemen and again thank them for their comprehensive submissions on Brexit. We have been here since 10 a.m. I was nearly said "depressing submissions" because the submissions do not get any better as we move from one to another. That is the harsh reality. There are so many unknowns and it seems to be all doom and gloom. It is starting to become depressing at this...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Paul Daly: Honesty does not help.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Paul Daly: Sinn Féin started the ball rolling.

Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank her for a very comprehensive report on this Bill in its current state. The Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill will give adopted persons, birth parents and relatives a legal right to an information and tracing service. The proposed legislation provides for structured and regulated access to information and tracing services for those affected...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I note the disappointment of Senator Conway-Walsh at our voting against an amendment to the Order of Business last Tuesday. I put on record that we voted against an amendment to the Order of Business, contrary to Sinn Féin press releases, etc., stating that we voted against motion. We, in fact, agreed with the main principles of the motion, but we will-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Paul Daly: -----not be brought into knee-jerk reaction without discussing; it was to be accepted without discussion. While we agree with the main principles of the motion, the wording, as stated, is too narrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Paul Daly: As the Senator rightly said at the outset, I was at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine where I felt duty bound to be, and I expected all the agriculture representatives of the parties would have been, when this kind of political, cynical stroke was pulled last Tuesday evening. We agree in principle with the motion, but we feel that the wording as...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I have just made it clear how we are following our policies.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Paul Daly: What contingency plans have been put in place for public transport services which must go through the North, such as the Dublin-Donegal bus service? Every guest speaker has said we must hope for the best but prepare for the worst. I am assuming the worst-case scenario of a hard Border in this regard. Mr. Sean Kennedy referred to landing slots. What about actual air space? In a...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Mr. Eamon Gilmore (11 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I also want to welcome Mr. Gilmore here today and thank him for his comprehensive report. I have a couple of brief questions. I would like to hear a little bit more of Mr. Gilmore's thinking behind the idea of a referendum. While not opposing it, just to play devil's advocate, there is an agreement so what would happen if we said we had to have a referendum here? Once the election was...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to take control of the situation and for us all, irrespective of our political allegiance, to leave the political point scoring on the Garda Síochána and the Garda Commissioner outside the door. Many people, all over the country and particularly in rural areas, are the victims of our shenanigans. They are the elderly,...

Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: First Stage (10 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I second the proposal.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Bar of Ireland (4 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the delegation and thank it for the information we have received and the presentation today. Based on what the witnesses said, we are looking at opportunities and it is a breath of fresh air to hear an inkling of positivity in this. They highlighted potential opportunities based mainly on companies now based in London moving over here. How much extra business may be available...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Industry Representatives (4 May 2017)

Paul Daly: Without turning this into an insurance inquiry, I wish to elaborate on what has already been said in the broader context. By virtue of the fact that the witnesses have been brought before the committee in one group, they are all sitting in front of us. Have they sat together prior to today? What issues that they have flagged have they tried to address among themselves? Before Mr. Thompson...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Enterprise Ireland (4 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I am aware of the time constraints so I will be brief. In the past I have had dealings with Enterprise Ireland. When it comes to exports, their criteria for SMEs are off-island and they do not tend to consider Northern Ireland. A company with which I was involved did a lot of business in the North and has suffered a lot through currency exchanges. However, when we knock on Enterprise...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 May 2017)

Paul Daly: A number of the questions I had intended to ask have been covered. My question is on similar lines to that of my colleague, Senator Mark Daly. We have not fully emerged from the major banking crisis and now Brexit has been sprung on us. Recently I used the analogy of a carpenter with the ingrown toenail who hits his thumb with the hammer. He soon forgets the ingrown toenail but it has not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome both groups here today and thank them for their presentations. As Deputy Cahill has said, head 2 provides a basis for administrative sanctions as opposed to criminal sanctions for breach of the greyhound racing rules. Would administrative sanctions be sufficient deterrent to those in breach of the greyhound racing rules? The witnesses might also comment on the appropriateness of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Paul Daly: I mean industry-based sanctions as opposed to criminal ones.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Paul Daly: That is the question I am asking.