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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: We are here to discuss this €100,000. It is the only issue and we do not know the simple answers to the question of how long the FAI had to pay that €100,000. Our guests do not know the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: I seek clarity on the additional statement we did not receive with the information packs this morning. Did Grant Thornton sign off on the statement? Did it agree with everything in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: Did it agree with all the phraseology, such as that on cheques as opposed to transfers. It seems very unusual for an accounting practice. The financial controller is going to send us the terms of credit for the €100,000, including the date by which it was to be paid back. Given that the witnesses were raising this as part of what we were talking about today and given the very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: It is surprising. I have outlined the nub of the entire issue, yet the witnesses have no answers to any of the specific questions.

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to outline some of the issues. I was briefly going through his speech and I highlighted how much of it related to Dublin and how much related to the rest of Ireland. I do not think there is a great balance to be honest. I am keen to focus briefly on one issue that comes in under transport. I have put in a question on organ donation twice in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation (3 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: Needless to say, I am disappointed that the Minister of Health is not here to discuss the issues of organ donation and organ donor awareness. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, was also unable to come to take this matter. It is a matter of life and death for some. The specific issue I raised last year has not been advanced by either Minister. I thank Mr. Mark...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation (3 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: I do not want the Minister of State to take this personally, if that is not the worst answer I have heard to a question put in the Seanad, it is fairly close. Some 1 million people in this country have registered that they would like to be to be organ donors. That information is available in the Government system. This will increase organ donor rates from 52% to 92% if the family are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation (3 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: This is not the worst reply but it is pretty close.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation (3 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: Let me be clear, I am not playing politics. This is not party politics or political-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation (3 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: -----but is about people who are waiting for organs. The Minister of State is just reading a reply-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation (3 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: -----that is prepared by the Department and I am just saying it is a terrible reply. Is that going to help somebody waiting on the transplant list?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation (3 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: I am not abusing this House. That reply is one of the worst I have ever heard.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for appearing in the House to present the legislation. We will reluctantly support the Bill to aid the development of the airport, although we share the concerns of many of the residents around the airport and in wider Fingal in respect of the manner in which the Government has approached the establishment of what it claims is an independent regulator. Ireland will...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation Data (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Daly: I thank my county colleague for coming before the House to take this matter on behalf of the Minister. I raised it over six months ago and I raise it again today. Two weeks ago, I tabled the matter for a Commencement debate and then received a reply by email from the Minister. He was only able to come in on that occasion. In the reply to which I refer, he explained why it is not possible...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation Data (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Daly: I am glad the Minister of State did not read out the full reply, which, I know, was not written by him. It is ridiculous to say that under current EU rules on data protection we need the permission of the applicant to share the data because the Minister has already shared the data with eFlow, the courts and the Garda. The Minister can do it, and has done it. I refer to the Minister giving...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Organ Donation Data (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Daly: I am not shooting the messenger.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Daly: I am sure colleagues will join me in wishing one of our most esteemed members of staff, Mr. Donal Hickey, well in his retirement tomorrow. He has been courteous to all of us in our time here. We wish him a long and happy retirement. He is retiring to Kerry, which is always a great idea. When he gets there, I will be sure to show him the bakery run by the three Moriarty brothers which shut...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Mark Daly: The Leader might call for Deputy Martin to come in and apologise.

Seanad: Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Statements (27 Mar 2019)

Mark Daly: I thank the Tánaiste for coming to the House and taking this important debate. I know the case of Patsy Kelly has been raised already. That is only one of the many legacy issues. They are referred to as legacy issues but they are still murders. They are simply uninvestigated murders in many cases. A historical inquiries team was set up to investigate many of these but they really...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Mark Daly: I look forward to the Leader organising the debate on the Commonwealth. It is an interesting discussion, which has nothing to do with who is or is not a member. The issue is the value of the Commonwealth. Those who have spoken to me about it query its relevance in this century. Its importance in the previous century is probably overstated as well. It is important to some on this island...