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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Consular Service: Motion (9 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: I move:In respect of the recent review of consular and honorary consular services and the importance that appointments are based on reliable information, this committee:agrees that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Secretary General of the Department and the Head of the Consular section come before the committee regarding the method in which consuls and honorary consuls are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Consular Service: Motion (9 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: I think it is about €5,000 per honorary consul per annum. I think that is to cover incidental costs. The number of people of Irish descent in Montana is 164,746 people, some 16% of the population have Irish heritage and they might get a visit once every three years. Melbourne in Australia has a major Irish community, born in Ireland and living there. I do not blame the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Consular Service: Motion (9 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: Chairman, that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Consular Service: Motion (9 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: We will amend the motion.

Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House.

Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I have to reflect the views of the people who have contacted me and say that there is grave disappointment regarding the offer that is on the table. In many counties and in many cases, even with what is on the table people will be €5,000 worse off than they were five years ago. The feedback I am getting is that the fixed allowance, which...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: I agree with Senator Conway about the information being provided to Ministers. Mark Twain said that "facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable" but when one does not have the facts, there is nothing one can do about it. While heads should roll, in a modern democracy, the fact that the lists are not accurate means that the HSE has a lot to answer for. That does not mean that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: I will start again for the benefit-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: In respect of the DUP leader's ability to grasp facts, she does not seem to understand that her department was in charge of signing off on the renewable energy scheme and that she has burned £500 million on this scheme to the point where I am informed by people in Northern Ireland that they are not even burning the pellets they are getting paid to burn. They are actually taking the...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: The state of Israel is taking over Palestinian land and putting houses on it. It is a deplorable act by a democracy. We do not expect much of Syria or Iraq but we expect a lot more of the state of Israel.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Mark Daly: If only my colleague would leave me alone.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Mark Daly: I congratulate Mr. Groves on his appointment and I know he will do an excellent job. I support my colleague, Senator Ardagh, in her comments on establishing a task force for the undocumented Irish living in the United States. There are 50,000 of them over there now and at home, for each of those people, there are ten people who are worried for their futures. That represents 10% of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Mark Daly: Steady on.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Mark Daly: I never can; when all is said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Mark Daly: In the 1930s, there was an economic war between Ireland and Britain. This is a version of an economic war in that the UK pulling out of the EU will effectively create trade barriers that are going to destroy elements and some sectors of the Irish economy in some instances. The witnesses touched upon the political statements. The Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May, said that there was no desire...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Mark Daly: There are approximately 8,000 EU directives and legislation applicable to the United Kingdom and many of these relate to child protection and child welfare. These are part of the UK's legal system and it would take 40 years to unwind them. The UK will try to unwind some of them. Issues arise with regard to child abduction and so forth. One of the key child protection issues the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Mark Daly: With the agreement of the committee, I recommend that we ask for a report on cross-Border child protection to be done by the special rapporteur. Perhaps the matter could be considered in private session.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: I move an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 30, non-Government motion No. 13, would be taken today and approved by the House. It would be hoped that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: Not all of us have the benefit of Senator Norris's learned education-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: -----in the hallowed halls of Trinity College.