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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: They should not be shy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: Mr. Doyle brought up the point of food consumption. Rowers have to take in many calories every day and the cost of that alone is enormous. Some sports require larger calorie intakes than others and I presume Sport Ireland does not take account of that. The grant is literally a one-size-fits-all operation. Sport Ireland will be in front of the committee but the budget planning is also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: Those are the problems we want to hear about. We want to hear about the day-to-day nuts and bolts problems the athletes are facing in trying to win medals. We want to then find solutions to the problems the athletes are having.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: Is this simply a bureaucratic decision by Sport Ireland? Is this how it operates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: I want to be clear on this issue because Sport Ireland is here before us on 16 October. Does it not matter if it is an Olympic year or not? Does Sport Ireland not see one year as any different to the other? That does not make a lot of sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Mark Daly: Sport Ireland will appear before this committee. In an Olympic year, why would an organisation be paid in October when it needs funding in the run-up to the Olympics? We need to ask Sport Ireland why it is not making the sensible decision in that regard. Athletes who have qualified for the Olympics should be peaking in the run-up to the games. We need to establish why Sport Ireland does...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for attending in place of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to answer this particular question, which we have raised with the Minister previously and are now raising again. It is partly on the issue of the risk register, but also on the issue of uniting Ireland. Before I begin, I welcome to the Chamber Ms Caroline Mulvaney, who has been working in my...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State. With regard to his last statement that the Government will prepare for the referendum when it is triggered by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Government is clearly not learning the lessons of Brexit. It will only take action when the referendum is called. We all know that a referendum, particularly on the issue of unifying Ireland, requires...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: All I am asking for is preparation. I am not asking for a Border poll.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: I am asking for preparation. The only reason the Government would call for a referendum is if-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: Fifty-six per cent of people in Northern Ireland said they would vote for a united Ireland in the event of a hard Brexit.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: I am only talking about the opinion polls.

Seanad: Death of Former Member - Expressions of Sympathy (13 Jun 2019)

Mark Daly: On behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, I welcome John Robb’s son, William and his wife, and daughter, Martha, to the Seanad and to pay tribute to him. Obviously, I did not serve with him but he was an extraordinary human being by any measure, not just in Ireland but globally. The fact he was appointed, as Senator Norris pointed out, by the then Taoiseach, Charlie Haughey, to the...

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:"(2) In this Act "Act of 1931" means the Betting Act 1931.". I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this important legislation. Amendment No. 1 seeks to include reference to the Betting Act 1931 in the section on definitions. Amendment No. 12 relates to the ability of people to bet on...

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: The issue of us turning around and restricting local lotteries is a fairly tenuous argument. What we are aiming to do here in amendment No. 12 is to deal with unregulated offshore companies which are providing this service where one can bet on the outcome of our lottery. There is no benefit to the State at all in people being allowed to bet on the outcome of our national lottery. None...

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: While the Minister of State said that it is not within his remit, we are saying that any legislation is within the Government's remit, whether it be cross-departmental or not. What we are aiming to do is to make it a condition of the bookmaker's licence that they cannot offer that product.They cannot offer the ability to bet-----

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: One needs a licence to operate within the jurisdiction. Even if a company is outside the jurisdiction - and this is the result of being behind the curve regarding the Internet - and if it becomes a condition of a bookmaker's licence to operate within this jurisdiction, it cannot lay a bet on the outcome of the national lottery.

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: Then they must be shut down. One can find anything online if one wants. A condition of a bookmaker's licence should be not to lay a bet on the outcome of our national lottery. We are adding this provision to the licensing requirements for bookmakers in order that they would no longer be allowed to do so. The Minister of State has pointed out that this does not come within his remit but as...

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: Exactly.

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: The intent is to address this because there is no benefit to the State.