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Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with former Minister, Mr. Dermot Ahern (27 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank Mr. Ahern for coming before the committee. His experience of dealing with the EU on various issues made him realise much sooner than some of our Westminster colleagues the consequences for them of leaving. The effects of Brexit will get worse as time goes by. Mr. Ahern's idea of a national plan on a micro and macro level is one at which all Departments should look. That is...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights: Professor Colin Harvey, Mr. Liam Herrick and Mr. Michael Farrell (27 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. My colleagues have asked some of the questions to which I was interested in hearing answers. One issue that has come up also came up with the House of Lords and was raised by civil rights groups. In the current context of the UK's membership of the EU, it has instituted Operation Gull, which has been accused of racially profiling people who...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights: Professor Colin Harvey, Mr. Liam Herrick and Mr. Michael Farrell (27 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: On the International Court of Justice which Ireland signed up to only recently, why are Northern Ireland and Britain excluded? When we signed up for it, it covered every country in the world except for Northern Ireland and Britain. Why?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights: Professor Colin Harvey, Mr. Liam Herrick and Mr. Michael Farrell (27 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: I know that its rulings are not binding but it has been widely quoted because of its standing. Of all the countries in the world over which Ireland would want to have findings, why did Ireland not include Britain and Northern Ireland specifically as part of the jurisdiction of its signing up to the international court?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (12 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: I would like to share time with my colleague, Senator Gallagher.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (12 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: The issue I am raising relates to the terms and conditions of local authority members. As the Minister of State is aware, over the past several years, there are 678 fewer local authority members than there were when the reform of local government took place under the previous Government. There are now only 949 local authority members. We used to have 114 local authority areas, including...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (12 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I wish to share my supplementary time with Senators Gallagher and Wilson who is also concerned about this issue. The issue of vouched expenses was raised in this House before with several suggestions put forward. I am glad the Minister is examining the issue of travel rates and that they should in effect be compatible with a rationale behind...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Issues Arising from Brexit: Retail NI and Retail Excellence Ireland (6 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: My colleague has pointed out the special position, the special status and the special case. Everybody is using different phrases to describe the relationship between North and South. Have the witnesses done much research on the issue of trade between East and West Germany prior to the Berlin Wall coming down and the special status that East Germany had in the EEC and the EC, even though it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Issues Arising from Brexit: Retail NI and Retail Excellence Ireland (6 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: The size possibly.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with former Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern (6 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank Mr. Bertie Ahern for attending the committee. As my colleague Senator Paul Daly pointed out, his experience is unparalleled in any of the Houses. Regarding strand 3 of the Good Friday Agreement and his interpretation of it, would it allow us to do bilateral discussions, negotiations and agreements on many of the issues which affect us as a consequence of Brexit? We have been told...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UK Withdrawal from the EU: British Ambassador to Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the ambassador for coming before the committee. As the Chairman has mentioned, I am a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. I am also a member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence. I was listening to the ambassador's contribution in my office and noted that he mentioned his visit, on the invitation of the Ceann...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UK Withdrawal from the EU: British Ambassador to Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: The question I asked about allowing for a united Ireland to be in the final agreement between the UK and the EU has nothing to do with the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement. Could the ambassador address that issue please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UK Withdrawal from the EU: British Ambassador to Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Mark Daly: Having done it in a previous international agreement, the Good Friday Agreement, allowing for it in another international agreement would be appropriate.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for outlining the immediate problems in terms of the discussions in the North. We all welcome the extension of time given by the Secretary of State to seek a resolution. Often, the immediate problems mean that time cannot be given to the long-term and legacy issues which, as the Minister pointed out, continue to dog Northern Ireland and its politics. As outlined by the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Mark Daly: Apologies, I had to go to the Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting, where Brexit is on the agenda as well. Our work here involves looking at the various options. We do not know what the EU will look for, and everyone is looking at the North being a back door into Britain and wondering how the common travel area can be sustained. The EU's concern is that it does not want us to be a back...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the officials for their detailed response on Protocols 19 and 20 which was required owing to their complex nature. From what they have outlined, the fundamental point appears to be that EU countries are not concerned about what will happen between the North and the South. Whether controls are to be put in place is entirely at the will of the British Government. It is of no concern...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Mark Daly: Forgive me for labouring on the point, but the very clear focus for the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement is the issue of people going over and back across the Border. The EU does not have any real issue because we are outside the Schengen Agreement, and it is not going to request or require us to act. That had been a concern raised at the committee, and we...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Mark Daly: Not yet.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Mark Daly: Or legal.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I too would like to extend my sympathies to the families of the crew of R116, along with the Haughey family. Mrs. Haughey was a formidable lady, a daughter of a Taoiseach, a wife of a Taoiseach and in her own right made a contribution to Irish life and society. I extend my sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of Martin McGuinness, who made an...