Results 5,301-5,320 of 8,359 for speaker:Mark Daly
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are technical in nature. It should be borne in mind that amendment No. 2-----
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: -----would involve a charge on the State. Other amendments which it is alleged involve such a charge have been ruled out of order.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, to delete lines 29 to 36 and substitute the following:"(a) Department of State (other than, in relation to the Department of Defence, the Defence Forces) for which a Minister of the Government is responsible; (b) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001; (c) the Health Service Executive; (d) a university or institute of...
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: I understand.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: Amendment No. 4 has been ruled out of order, but the amendment that remains was drafted by the Irish Deaf Society and relates to the formal recognition of Irish Sign Language. The amendment that has been ruled out of order is exactly the same as the Government's amendment. The Government chose not to submit this amendment, which formally recognises Irish Sign Language for the first time in...
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: For the benefit of Members, our amendment is exactly the same as the Government amendment-----
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: -----that was circulated yesterday, but the Government never tabled that amendment.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: For the benefit of Members, the Government's amendment had the exact same wording that has been ruled out of order. That is the disappointing part of this.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: It is the Government's wording.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: It is the Minister of State's wording.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: This is the Minister of State's own amendment.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: This is about the formal recognition of sign language. We tabled this amendment. Had the Government tabled it after circulating it yesterday, it would have passed.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: However, that did not happen.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: This is not being party political. We are all agreed. This is the consensus that we have been looking for, but the amendment is not even being discussed.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: I am sorry, but was the Senator here when the Government voted against this three years ago?
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: Was that the Senator or was that someone else?
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: We agree with the Government's amendment. The Government just did not table it.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: The amendment that has been ruled out of order is exactly the same as the Government amendment that was circulated but we have made additions to it. The amendment specifically relates to court proceedings and we wanted to ensure it was technically correct. The Irish Deaf Society with its legal team drafted the Bill. When we looked at the Government amendment, we realised ours was better,...
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Mark Daly: This is an addition to the provision of a sign language interpreter in court, which is in addition to what the Government proposes. However, the amendment has been ruled out of order.