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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: Will the Leader come to the House tomorrow morning with clarification on when the Minister expects the House to have the report?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: That is all right. We will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Ibrahim Halawa Case: Statements (30 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister. This is a tragic case. As we all know, Amnesty International has declared Ibrahim Halawa a prisoner of conscience. He is the only Irish citizen resting in a foreign jail who has been declared a prisoner of conscience by that organisation. It means that he is innocent of all charges. On 21 April last year the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade stated there had...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to organise a debate today or, at the latest, tomorrow, on the case of Ibrahim Halawa, whose trial has been postponed yet again until October. The Government has not been doing enough on this case. Some 494 people face a mass trial with Ibrahim Halawa. Two were released today and three have died in custody. The questions all of the Government should ask are: why were the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: He had faced trial. The trial was quashed, the verdict was overturned and he faced trial again. He was in the exact same legal position as Ibrahim Halawa. Australia's Prime Minister intervened directly with President el-Sisi and secured the release of its citizen awaiting trial. Yet we will be told that soft diplomacy works. Our citizen is in jail and has gone through 13 trials, none of...

Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I will share the time.

Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. This situation means that Ireland has to reimagine its future. The ramifications of Brexit will magnify not lessen as time goes on. Over the next two years those in Northern Ireland who are in the UK face a challenge they have not faced in the past 100 years: they must imagine that they must leave the UK. The future of Northern Ireland must be...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I am sure we all congratulate the Irish team on its performance last night. We all know the famous quote that sport builds character, but what is more true is that sport does not build character as much as it reveals it. What we saw last night was true grit from the Irish team to get a result. The President of Ireland has extended congratulations not only to the management and players but...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: On a point of information-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: -----Standing Orders are silent on the issue. If he so chooses, the Leader could suspend Standing Orders to send congratulations to the two teams.

Seanad: EU-UK Relations: Statements (22 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister. History does not repeat itself as much as it rhymes. In 1975, instead of the Conservative Party tearing itself apart, it was the Labour Party that had a referendum in the UK held against the backdrop of the exact same arguments that are being made today. Ironically enough, the current leader of the British Labour Party, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, voted against remaining in...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I did not see that in the Fine Gael manifesto.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: We will see how Brexit goes.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: He wants Roscommon to join the Commonwealth.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: It might be an April Fool's or something.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I congratulate my fellow Kerryman. It is obvious that his appointment means a lot to him. He has been a Member of this House since 1997 and he has given it a lot of service. He has fought quietly for its protection and for change. He is very much of Kerry. The voice of the Kingdom is not just Paul Coghlan; it is also Radio Kerry, of which he is one of the...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I congratulate Senator Norris on taking the Chair and refereeing this part of the occasion and on his re-election and his long service. He championed causes when they were not popular and he has seen them through. It is a great honour for me to second the proposal of Senator Denis O'Donovan as Cathaoirleach of the Twenty-fifth Seanad. As a Kerry man, it is always an honour to support...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Mark Daly: I support Senator Cahill on this. In a land of no consequences, where people who fail to act appropriately, or at all, never suffer the consequence of losing their jobs or positions, such things will go on. Last week we tried to introduce the corporate manslaughter Bill to prevent the recurrence of a situation such as the blood transfusion scandal, in which women were knowingly infected...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Mark Daly: Did the Senator see anybody suffer consequences as a result of the blood transfusion scandal, in which women died?