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Seanad: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House and thank him for giving a very comprehensive outline of the legislation that is before us. While we will be supporting this Bill, we intend to propose some amendments to be of assistance. The minerals sector is an important employer that contributes €810 million to the economy, generates €56 million in taxes and employs over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee and telling us their stories and the stories of the people with whom they are dealing. I am on the all-party consultation group on the decade of commemorations which is dealing with an event that happened 100 years ago. A statement made by the grandson of Éamon De Valera said there is not a hierarchy of victims. People might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: I apologise for having to leave, but I had to deal with legislation in the Seanad. I heard the initial contributions on Ballymurphy and Bloody Sunday. I was in Belfast during the summer and met Kevin Winters and his legal team. I was inside his office and saw his filing cabinets, which contain the history of the Northern Troubles ranging from Bloody Sunday to collusion, from murders by the...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for attending. The North is close to his constituency. The lack of engagement by the two Governments is the reason there is an impasse. There were attempts, in dealing with the past and flags, to come up with a solution. The US Government became involved in dealing with certain issues and there were failed talks, but there was no substantive engagement....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee and Migrant Crisis: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: I apologise for being late for the presentation. I happened to be in Italy last year when High Commissioner Mogherini announced that Operation Mare Nostrum would be abandoned. My first response was that she should resign because she had condemned to death all of those people who were going to make that journey and that is exactly what happened. The European Union's response so far has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: I move:That this committee send a delegation to Egypt to be present at the upcoming trial of Ibrahim Halawa on October 4th. I have read the Chairman’s very comprehensive report. We discussed this issue before the summer during which it was highlighted by the Chairman’s visit and his meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Egypt. There are outstanding issues such as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: I thank colleagues for their support for this motion. I thank the Chairman. While it would be helpful for him to lead the delegation, he has already gone out to Egypt and has been of great assistance. I would not wish to impose on him a requirement to go again. The presence of other members would be of equal importance. It is important that a delegation go. It would be beneficial for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: Could I suggest that in principle we agree to send a delegation? We will get feedback next week from the Egyptian authorities as to whether members will be allowed to attend the trial and to visit Ibrahim. I agree with Deputy O'Sullivan that it is important that members of the committee meet him and that the foreign affairs committee agree in principle to send a delegation on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: I understand his lawyers from Ireland and London are going over, and the Egyptian lawyers as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mark Daly: In the event of a delegation going, I know that members want the Chairman to go but the Chairman has already done a lot on this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Out of 47 European countries, Ireland has the fewest number of judges per 100,000 of population. I ask the Leader for a debate on that but also that the issue of barristers defending and prosecuting cases of sexual violence should, as they do in other jurisdictions including the United Kingdom, undertake training on the impact of sexual violence on victims. That does not happen currently...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I have not said anything inappropriate.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: My time is not up yet. Those were cases in which the perpetrators admitted that they raped somebody-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: -----yet suspended sentences were handed down. We saw this week, in regard to the house of horrors, where three judges said that the sentence should be reduced for one of the most horrific cases of abuse in the history of the State.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: All of these judges are male, middle class and privately schooled. That has got to change.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the current state of the economy as we will not have much time to discuss the budget provision. The economic policy being pursued by the Government is akin to economic Darwinism because it involves the survival of the fittest. Those who have get richer and those who have not get nothing. Those who are on the outside of our society keep looking in...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: They pass judgment on women.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I am not casting aspersions on any particular judge. I am talking about our judicial system.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I am talking about sentencing in general.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I am talking about how judges pass judgment on women, on people who have been victims of child abuse and on minorities. I can give some examples.