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Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: It could be the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh. Responsibility for this issue rests in so many areas, that the report might be lost somewhere between the various Departments. One would imagine that in this year of all years, the Government could find the report and at least create a roadmap to implement its findings instead of making the very obvious statement of fact that there are...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: We realise there is a requirement for a constitutional change, but the Government does not appear to have the impetus or will to do so. If we are considering extending the voting rights for elections to this House, we should include the presidential election which would be the same constituency. It appears that some legal obstacles can be overcome when it comes to voting rights for citizens...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "That Seanad Éireann" and substitute:"calls on the Bank of Ireland to meet immediately with the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign to discuss the closure of their bank accounts with a view to rectifying this situation as a matter of urgency." The actions of the Bank of Ireland, which was saved from extinction by the Irish taxpayer, are...

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: No. All of the banks around Ireland and Europe are arbitrarily closing accounts that have anything to do with the Middle East. The company in question has nothing to do with the West Bank or the Gaza Strip but it had to move 250,000 customers in six weeks from Ulster Bank to another bank just because the company was partly owned by an organisation in Jordan. The company had to spend an...

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: Yes. Its purpose would be to bring in the bank. It is not a case of condemning it or predicating the outcome but I suggest that were a motion put before the finance committee to the effect that the bank would be brought in to explain itself and were that voted on and passed by all members, then-----

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: -----without anyone having a view on it, the bank could be held to account. The bank could refuse to show up – God love it if it did – but I am sure Senator Norris would let it know that not showing up would be detrimental to its public relations. Regardless of the fact that we saved the bank from extinction – for good or ill – no organisation should be beyond...

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: A meeting would allow the situation to be clarified. It would put the Bank of Ireland under pressure. It would also put pressure back on financial institutions or other organisations that might follow a similar route. The risk of being brought before an Oireachtas committee could act as a deterrent. There is not a lot between the two motions. I like outcomes and the best outcome for us...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nicola Sturgeon (29 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Scottish First Minister. One hundred years ago Ireland was continuing on its long road to independence following the 1916 Rising. I hope Scotland's journey to independence will not take 100 years. The nationalism espoused by Vladimir Putin, Marine Le Pen and Donald Trump is corrosive, but the civic nationalism espoused by the Scottish First Minister - fairness, progressive...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Statement of Strategy: Motion (3 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: I am proposing: "That the Department of Foreign and Trade's Statement of Strategy 2015-2017 will include Ireland's position of neutrality as a strong core value of the State and of the Irish people." This relates to the statement of strategy, which members will have gone through. It makes no reference to Ireland's position of neutrality. I got a reply from the Department before I thought...

Seanad: Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016: Second Stage (27 Oct 2016)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House and I welcome the Bill. We are happy to support the Bill, its aim and its intent. Obviously, we hope it is not something that would ever have to be directly applied in Ireland. That said, we are happy to support other colleagues in other jurisdictions where the cultural property of armed conflict has been vandalised or stolen. I have a question relating...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Mark Daly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for coming to the House today. If one was to dedicate this Bill to anyone it would be to the 1,600 people who contracted hepatitis C as a result of the actions and inaction of the blood transfusion service. In 2005 the Law Reform Commission identified a serious gap in Irish...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Mark Daly: It was extraordinary high. Let us suppose I was able to inform those in senior management that, under corporate manslaughter legislation, if that equipment failed, they would go to jail. I imagine that while such people would not have the interests of the people on the high seas in their hearts, they most certainly would have the interests of not going to jail in their hearts. This is the...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for her response. I know that she was on this side of the House many times when that side of the House shot down very worthwhile legislation that was being proposed simply because she was on this side of the House. I am glad that as a result of the new politics, we are not habitually shooting down legislation regardless of where it is proposed.The benchmark on the...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Mark Daly: They are well known individuals and we are allowed to refer to court cases, especially this one, which failed the Irish people. The Law Reform Commission report referred to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and its legislation took into account that Act. The Bill we have brought forward also takes much of it into account. The benchmark is whether people in senior management...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Mark Daly: In ten weeks.

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Mark Daly: We will say next Tuesday, but in reality it will be in ten weeks' time. It will be at the end of January.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2016)

Mark Daly: Can the Chair clarify the matter?