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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Might the Minister come back to address the court case involving Raymond McCord?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: We welcome the fact that the Tánaiste, Deputy Fitzgerald, is coming before the House to address the issues that are so much in the public eye at the moment. Of course, she is well regarded and well respected in this House for her work as a Senator, a Deputy and a Minister, but there are questions to be answered. This matter goes to the fundamentals of justice in the State. That is,...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: The Minister of State spoke of consistency. The only thing that is consistent is the inconsistency. The report states: "In the interests of fairness and equality, it is important that travel rates that apply to councillors are consistent with those that apply to local authority employees and other groups across the public sector." The Government wants them to have the same mileage rate,...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: The previous Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, used to talk about a scorecard for Ministers but he got rid of it because the scorecard did not show the results he wanted, which tells us a lot about how the Ministers were performing.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: If Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were like Kramer and Kramer, it all ended in divorce 100 years ago. As regards the scorecard on housing, over 120,000 households are on the waiting lists but only 1,000 units have been provided. There are 3,124 children and 5,250 adults in emergency accommodation awaiting housing, on top of those households on the waiting lists, which shows the size of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: A pass rate would be 40% but the Government is nowhere near 40%. In the Leader's county, 38 houses were provided and there were 59 in Cork city for a waiting list of 6,005 households. As Senator Coghlan will be well aware, only 11 houses were provided in Kerry.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Despite this, 4,166 households are waiting. I do not know, Senator Coghlan, whether you believe that is success but in my mind that is not success.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: For the benefit of Senator Coghlan, these are the Government's figures. If he believes that we cannot believe the Government's figures-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: -----then I do not know where we can go next.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Possibly of more importance are the figures that have come from The Irish Timeswhich, as Senator Coghlan knows, is the paper of record.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing injury time on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I want to wish the Danish soccer team the best of luck, as we have talked about red cards.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: There is no offside in Gaelic football and that is all I have to go by.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I wish the Danish soccer team the best of luck. I thank the Irish team for entertaining us over the years. It would have been a high point for the players on the Irish soccer team to go to the World Cup and we hope that there will be brighter days ahead. Unfortunately, there are not brighter days ahead when it comes to Brexit. In fact, there are 499 days to go.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: At 11 a.m. on 29 March 2019, the UK will leave the European Union. President Obama used to talk about hope one can believe in and certainly one could believe in that kind of hope. The British Government's policy seems to be simply hope. However, it is not hope one can believe in because they do not have a plan. Tomorrow, the British foreign affairs committee will come here and its...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I want to give an example-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: -----of how hope is not a policy.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Honda manufactures cars in England. As many as 320 trucks arrive at its factory every day. Honda only has 15 minutes worth of stock at any one time so a delay of one hour in production will cost €880,000. How does the British Government think that having no Border policy-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: -----for the North, or any border policy, is a policy? Hope is simply not a policy. We welcome the Irish Government's policy of 100 points that Leo Varadkar has put out. The Government needs to send a message to the British Government that it has not done enough to clarify the issues on the North and that discussions cannot be moved forward until such time as the North is sorted first.