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Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: Amendment No. 7 deals with communications for deaf children. The Minister of State did not address the issue. May I address that matter briefly?

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I am delighted that Mr. Andrew Geary is present in the Visitors Gallery because he has championed the cause of deaf children in education. This very comprehensive amendment, which has been ruled out of order, made it a requirement that the State would provide interpreters for children in education. Mr. Geary had to fight tooth and nail and had to go to court in order to get interpreters for...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 8:In page 8, to delete lines 10 and 11 and substitute the following:“(a) 18,000 hours with a maximum of 60 hours per person per year by 2018, and (b) 36,000 hours with a maximum of 120 hours per person per year by 2020.”. I ask colleagues to support this amendment.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 9:In page 8, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“(4) The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passage of this Act, make Regulations to provide for a scheme addressing this section and such ancillary matters as the Minister shall deem appropriate.”

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: The Minister of State can comment.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: There is a consensus, Minister of State.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I concede so he should go first.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I would like to briefly bring up a matter on section 29. The Minister of State raised the issue of penalties and this is an issue of concern. The reason there were penalties added to this clause is because there have been cases of unqualified people, sent and paid by interpreting services, going to hospitals, pretending to be interpreters and interpreting for people who are critically ill....

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 11:In page 18, to delete line 4 and substitute the following: “2018201920202021”.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 12:In page 18, to delete line 22 and substitute the following: “2018201920202021”. I would like to make a brief comment on the issue of targets for broadcasting. As I mentioned already to Members, and I thank them for their support, the issue with broadcasting is that the current targets are not being met. The targets that we have put in this legislation...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 13:In page 5, to delete lines 17 to 28.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: We will also be putting forward amendments. I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House and I thank all the colleagues for their support. I thank those who spoke on the amendments and I thank Senator Martin Conway who has always been very supportive of the issue of sign language recognition in the past. I and members of the deaf community and colleagues here would be delighted...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: One month from today.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with European Youth Forum, Education and Training Boards Ireland and Irish Congress of Trade Unions (8 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the witnesses for coming here. It was a very sombre presentation. Has ETBI done costings for a worst case scenario where Irish students were no longer able to go over to Britain? In a worst case scenario where there is a hard Brexit, the impact it might have on the Irish system is frightening. If Irish students were not able to go to England or to the North and there was no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications of Brexit for the Environment: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I support the proposal of the Chairman that submissions be made to the Seanad select committee. I am a member of it and that is why I had to leave. We are dealing with Brexit today in the Seanad. If the delegates are making a submission, we are looking for solutions and precedents. If there is a hard border and a hard Brexit, will Northern Ireland continue within the European Economic...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: I apologise for having to leave. I had to do a radio interview. I thank the delegates for coming. If they have answered the following questions already, I will read the replies in the Official Report. They may have already outlined the costs associated with the Celtic interconnector. Is there a precedent for having such interconnectors, for example, in Cyprus or Greece? Is there an...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: The witnesses may have answered this already, but are there precedents in non-EEA European countries? This is a very important part of the role of this committee. We have been asked to come up with the solutions and it is very easy to come up with solutions when one can point to a precedent. Is there anything in Cyprus or Greece to which we can point where there are networks going across...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: For example-----

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: What is the timeline on the French interconnector in the best-case scenario?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Mark Daly: Everything else is coming through the UK. It is the issue of the transfer-----