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Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Thank you. I look forward to working with the Senator on those issues that are so important to us all here in Ireland but also to the planet.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator for his contribution and for his work in the previous Seanad on the issues and on holding the Government to account, which is the job and the role of Opposition.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator. I have no doubt she deserves to be in this House. In fact, I am sure further public office awaits, no matter where that is. Although she acts locally as a councillor, she thinks globally and she is already inviting the possible future US President, Mr. Biden, who has ancestors in her part of the world, and maybe he might address our House at some stage. I look forward...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator for her remarks and for all the emails she sent to us on behalf of the Union of Students in Ireland. It is great that she is now here to lobby in person. I hope she will thank her sisters for their work and I wish her well on her upcoming marriage.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Cassells. I remember him from that famous campaign in 2007 as well. I am delighted he is here with us now. I also recognise the former Senator, Donie Cassidy, who has forgotten more about winning Seanad elections than I will ever know.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: There was no love on that island, I can tell you that.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator. I also thank her for her work in the previous Seanad. She was responsible for the justice portfolio, which is a huge portfolio to be responsible for. She was one of the co-sponsors of the Irish Sign Language Bill 2016 for the deaf community and she spent hours in the Seanad working on it. The Senator also did enormous work on the gender pay gap. A report from Europe...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator. His championing of workers' rights, like all colleagues, is well known. His mention of former colleagues who are not in the Chamber with us today is appropriate on a day like this. He also mentioned voting rights, which is in the programme for Government. The most fundamental right of a citizen of any republic should be the right to vote regardless of where one is. I...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Thank you, Senator Fitzpatrick. Thank you for mentioning Brother Kevin Crowley, the Capuchin Day Centre and the sad reality that it is busier than it ever was. I congratulate the Senator. I know you are going to make a huge contribution in this Seanad on behalf of your community. Some of them were outside the door, so excited were they, to greet you. I do not think anyone quite had the...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: You are more than welcome to Kerry any time.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Thank you, Senator, for your contribution. Hopefully, you will visit Kerry soon. I will be up in Derry at some stage again. I was canvassing there not so long ago. I will not say for whom as I do not want to be political on the issue. Senator Blaney talked about the new unit in the Taoiseach's Department working on the shared island. That is something on which we could all work together.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Casey. I remember the pheasant plucker's ball, which can be very hard to say. I thank the Senator for meeting me all those years ago. I acknowledge his work on the housing committee in the previous Oireachtas. People do not always get credit. Committees are tough and one must be alert. Senator Casey - then Deputy Casey - was the person who spotted that a planning...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Please, do not say "a couple".

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Canvassing will not disqualify you.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Byrne for his work. I am aware that he is passionate about higher education because it is a field he has worked in.If anyone wants to know about Senator Byrne's long campaign over the past two years, I believe the only office he has not run for is President. President Higgins had better watch out. I could be wrong, but I believe the final speaker is Senator Seery Kearney.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator. I welcome David to the Visitors Gallery and thank him for his patience. If I have got the running order wrong, Members will have to show me some forbearance. There is a protocol for how this works and I have not quite figured it out yet, so if Members feel like they are not getting the right running order, I will admit it. I call my good friend, Senator Conway.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I know.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Of course.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank you for your support on the Irish Sign Language Act. You are the embodiment of the belief in this Republic that everybody should be allowed to achieve their full potential regardless of the circumstances of their birth. I apologise for not spotting you indicate earlier. I am aware that the Senator has worked on that.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Thank you, Senator Boylan. The House agrees that we need climate justice, not just here in Ireland but also through the world for those who are most affected by climate change. I call my good friend, Senator Joe O'Reilly.