Results 6,621-6,640 of 8,379 for speaker:Mark Daly
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: That is a great idea.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Meetings (18 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State. The issue I wish to raise is the need for the Minister for Education and Skills to review the situation whereby public servants would be entitled to more days off to attend local council meetings. There is an increased requirement for public representatives, many of whom are involved in the education system, to attend not only council meetings but also the...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Meetings (18 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for attending and giving me valuable information on how to make progress on this issue.
- Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Second Stage (17 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister and thank him for introducing this Bill, which we support. As the Minister pointed out, some 5,200 people die as a result of tobacco products every year and this is equivalent to the population of Tipperary town. Some 22% of the Irish population is hooked on the drug and it costs taxpayers €500 million per year to deal with the health problems tobacco causes....
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: I wish to support my colleagues regarding the amendment to the Order of Business and the proposal that the Taoiseach and Government Chief Whip should come into the House. Members are not seeing the democratic revolution promised by Fine Gael and the Labour Party when they came into government but are seeing an abandonment of the democratic process. The suspension of Standing Orders is the...
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: It is a shameful event for any Government to use a process that should only be used in emergencies to get its own way and to ensure it has a majority. As the Taoiseach stated in the other House, we cannot proceed until the Government has a majority. As to the reason, it is because it wishes to predetermine the outcome, which already is written. This report could already have been written...
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: -----and because the Government has now manufactured a majority on the committee, it will predetermine the outcome. Shame on all those Members opposite, because today they are abandoning the rule of law inside this House-----
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: -----in order that the Whip opposite and the Leader opposite, who did not get their way-----
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: As for the democratically-convened meeting of this House in Select Committee, they have now abandoned it.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: As they do not like the outcome, they intend to change it.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: That is a disgrace to democracy.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: That is according to the Senator's side of the House.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: It might assist Senator Hayden-----
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: On a point of order.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: The Government is appointing Senators to a kangaroo court.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: They are gerrymandering the appointments to suit themselves and if Senator Hayden cannot see that, shame on her.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: Democratic revolution.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: We do not need to have it passed to go on with the banking inquiry.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: Excuse me, you are the ones playing politics with the banking inquiry.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Mark Daly: The Government wants an overall majority to have its own kangaroo court.