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Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I remind my colleagues in the Labour Party that its manifesto stated there would be no water charges.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: That promise was made in the Labour Party's election manifesto, with promises on education fees and other issues that were not kept. It is one thing to break a promise, but it is another to do so and cost taxpayers billions in the process. People are angry because of the waste involved. Money has been paid to consultants who have not been monitored. There were significant costs involved...

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: People are opposed to Irish Water because of the waste and the costs. From the outset, consultants advised against establishing Irish Water in the way that the Government has chosen. When the former Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, came to the House or attended meetings with his own party members, he showed contempt for questions. We now see the...

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: Speak for yourself.

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. I thank her for organising last night's excellent event in the GPO and her work so far on this important initiative, which includes the decade of commemorations and the celebration of 1916. Over the next number of months and years, people will ask what it is we are celebrating about 1916. We are celebrating the lives of the ordinary, but extraordinary,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: They are not binding but the package is disturbing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the committee. I will follow on from what Deputy Byrne said about Colombia. We have a Euro-Med trade agreement with Israel which contains a human rights clause. It is entirely unenforceable, however, and does not have any trigger mechanism or review process. It simply does not work. We know that because following the last six attacks in Gaza there has been no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: Could the Minister raise that matter with his colleagues in the Council? In future, all language in such resolutions should refer to Irish neutrality, which they refused to insert in that resolution.

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister and thank him for outlining the situation with the health budget. The choices made in regard to cuts in the health budget are the thin edge of the wedge. It took six months to get the facts and figures on ambulance cover throughout the country, including my county. It is a stark example of where we are at in terms of being in need of an ambulance today in Kerry....

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I agree with Senator Mooney in respect of RTE's long wave 252 service and his request for a debate on the issue. I also agree with the comments made in respect of the right to vote being extended to members of the diaspora. I attended the meeting of the Constitutional Convention when the majority of those present agreed that the right to vote in presidential elections should be extended to...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: It is one of the worst drugs because most people who take it become instantly addicted and highly violent. In some instances, up to seven gardaí have been required to restrain individuals who have taken crystal meth and who have presented at accident and emergency departments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Colombia: ICTU (22 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the witnesses for giving views on the trade agreement and the situation in Colombia. I have been to Colombia where I met the mothers of the victims of the false positives. I accompanied a solicitor around Colombia during which for the first time in ten years he did not have 24-hour armed protection because he believed travelling with members of the Joint Committee on Foreign...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: I understand Senator van Turnhout will table an amendment on Report Stage. This is worrying, which is why we are having this debate. This must be removed. There is a difference between generating income and generating income for commercial purposes. GAA clubs, as a necessity, rent out halls to other sporting organisations for indoor soccer, basketball and so forth. Rugby clubs do the...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: I support my colleague's comments on this section and our request that the Minister looks at it. We oppose what seems to be the Government's intention in this regard. For many years, like many colleagues, I have been involved in GAA clubs. They rent out facilities, halls, astro turf pitches, etc., in order to pay back debt and to run the club. No one is making money out of the venture....

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: I also support the position adopted by Senator Quinn. As he noted, in many cases circumstances beyond the control of the owner of a property will impact on his or her ability to pay. Much of the debate on the local property tax related to ability to pay. Many properties in rural areas are vacant and many county councils have, for the first time, the power to impose half-rates on commercial...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the United States ambassador to the House for his first visit but, hopefully, not his last. It is a long overdue visit. We will obviously be liaising with him in regard to the issue of the 50,000 undocumented Irish living in the United States. It is good to have a great friend of Ireland in Dublin, as well as having him with us in the Seanad today. I too would like to support...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: Senator Coghlan should remember to stay silent when he is winning.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: A bonus culture will fix the leaks. Is that the answer?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Mark Daly: -----but Members opposite shot it down.