Results 5,661-5,680 of 8,379 for speaker:Mark Daly
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)
Mark Daly: The amendment to the Order of Business asks the Minister for Education and Skills to come to the House to discuss the Louise O'Keeffe case, the Government's treatment of the European Court's ruling and its narrow interpretation of it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)
Mark Daly: I thank the Leader for his comprehensive reply on the actions thus far but in light of Ms O'Keeffe's concern in regard to how other victims are being treated, I propose to press the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: To add to Senator Mooney's comments, the Soviet Union was the first country to recognise the Irish Republic in 1919 and no less a man than Leon Trotsky was its foreign Minister at the time. I second the amendment regarding the taking of No. 15, the non-Government motion on cystic fibrosis. I will read out a note I received from a person who suffers from cystic fibrosis. He writes:I suffer...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: Yes, I am calling for a debate. The note continues:The Health Minister, Leo Varadkar, has stated if it gets to the point where this drug gets through the process and gets approved by the NCPE and the National Drug Committee I will go to Government and seek money for it. I hold the opinion that Mr. Varadkar is very much aware that Orkambi will fail the NCPE-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: He continues:We are tired of putting our lives on hold. I spend three hours per day taking treatment to alleviate the symptoms of cystic fibrosis.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: The note continues:This isn't even a guarantee of prolonged good health because my efforts will be in vain. I will still end up battling consistent chest infections, enduring long hospitalisation stays, which will lead to my eventual death sooner rather than later.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: He continues:I can't even hold down a job because of regular illness. I simply ask that I and my fellow CF sufferers be given a chance to lead a normal life without constant interruption and fear of the road ahead.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: The note concludes as follows, "For that to happen, the HSE needs to approve Orkambi."
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: I join with colleagues regarding concerns about the health service. The HSE director general, Tony O'Brien, gave a comprehensive account of what is wrong with it and the Minister agreed with him. That is great. As Senator Walsh has pointed out, he is the commentator in chief on the Government's behalf.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: From the way he talks about the health service, one would swear he was not a player. He seems to get an easy time on radio, as if he were just one of the talking heads who are invited into studios to discuss the health service and not the man in charge of it. I, too, raise concerns about Ibrahim Halawa. This is the tenth time his court case has been postponed. Some 493 other people are on...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: It is clear that the Government is not doing everything possible. The Members opposite voted against hearing from Ibrahim Halawa's legal team at the foreign affairs committee last week. For the committee not to want to hear the legal team's opinion is unprecedented.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: It is not a political football.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: It is simply that the Government is not doing enough.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: It is not repeating what the Australian Government did in the case of its citizen, Peter Greste.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: The Australian Government invoked Law 140 and used all its diplomatic pressure to do so. It secured his release. This Government has failed quite clearly-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: -----to do the same thing in respect of an Irish citizen who has spent his 20th birthday in jail.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: If he wants to make political charges, I will respond.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: I made statements of fact.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: It is like the Government's health policy - another work of fiction.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2015)
Mark Daly: I thank Senator John Crown for bringing this Bill forward. He is keeping a promise on reforming this House. The Government made a promise about the referendum and we have seen no reform or change since. This is important legislation which proposes to change the way in which this House is elected and who can elect people to the Oireachtas. One of the important provisions in the Bill is the...