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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: I welcome pupils and teachers from Killina Presentation Secondary School in County Offaly. Thank you for being here. As it is the unwritten rule of Seanad Éireann, you all get off homework for the rest of the week and, as I always say, you should have come on Monday or Tuesday. So for the rest of the week no homework and like a good politician, I will extend it to next week as well...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Adequate Wages for Living) Bill 2024: First Stage (24 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: Is that agreed? Agreed. When is it proposed to take Second Stage?

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima (23 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: I thank the Cathaoirleach, and the mayor is most welcome to celebrate the Nobel Prize being awarded to such a great organisation. We acknowledge his leadership in that and hope he will continue to be a voice for peace as next year we mark the 80th anniversary of the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed more than 100,000 instantly and many more in the months...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (23 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: As there is no seconder for the amendment, it cannot be moved, but it is acknowledged. As there are no other contributors, I call the Minister.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: The debate will follow the normal pattern. The Minister of State has ten minutes, group spokespersons have ten minutes and all other Senators have five minutes. At 6.20 p.m. I will call the Minister of State to conclude.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: I note as well it is repealing an Act in 1855, "Proclamation warning persons engaging in treasonable designs or attempts that they are liable to be apprehended and dealt with as traitors". One references "the distribution of prizes taken during the Russian War", which is not this particular outing but the 1854 version of the war in Russia. There a few on Sierra Leone and others. They are...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: The debate will follow the normal pattern. The Minister has ten minutes in which to make her opening remarks, group spokespersons have 15 minutes and all other Senators have five minutes. The Minister will be called on to reply no later than 5.50 p.m. Before I call the Minister, I do not know whether to congratulate or commiserate with her. She is about to-----

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: -----retire from public office, but hopefully not public life. She has been a great advocate for her county and community throughout her public career and was also a great advocate during her time at community level. I am sure this will continue. We had many long meetings when she was the Minister in charge of the decade of commemorations, which has been a huge success, in the run-up to...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: That will allow her to come to Kerry more often. We hope to see her down in the kingdom.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: No doubt. Absolutely.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: Senator Garvey, without interruption.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: I welcome Deputy Richard Bruton to the Gallery. He is most welcome. He is another man who will find out the art of how to spend time without spending money.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: Before I call the next speaker, I welcome Deputy Griffin and his guests here today, all the way from Keel - William O'Shea and his granddaughters, Abbie and Chloe Hilliard. They are most welcome here to Seanad Éireann. I hope they enjoy their visit here and that when they come back, one of them will either be a Seanadóir here or a Teachta Dála in the other House - she might...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: Minister, I have been here many years and I have never heard anyone get as much praise as you have, while you are still alive. It is always good to hear praise and it is very important that people who give great service like you have done hear it from the people from all sides. It is very genuine and heartfelt praise. When people on the other side of the political aisle are giving you...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: Before I call the Minister to respond, I welcome Ann Griffin's Trinity College leadership group to the Seanad. They are most welcome, and I thank them for being here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: I will say this before I ask the Leader to respond on the Order of Business. In 1843, brothers Patrick, Michael and James arrived in Canada. They ended up in a place called Mount St. Patrick, appropriate for Irish immigrants, which is in the heart of the Ottawa Valley. One of their descendants is here in the Gallery today. I am delighted to welcome James Maloney from our Canada-Ireland...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2024)

Mark Daly: There is no election coming. What election?