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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Building Regulations Amendments (20 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I raised a matter previously on the Building Control Act regulations and related statutory instruments of 2013. Was a regulatory impact assessment carried out on the impact of the changes to the regulations which will result in job losses for many architects, structural engineers and architectural technicians who no longer will be able to certify works from 1 March 2014?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Building Regulations Amendments (20 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for taking my question. I know he is not the Minister in charge of this. The question I asked was whether a regulatory impact assessment was carried out on the Building Control Act regulations of 2013. The Minister of State knows that this question was not answered in the reply. In fact, my questions could have been answered by a simple "yes" or "no" answer....

Seanad: ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte to the House. We will support the passage of the Bill as it will increase competition in the broadband and electronic communications market and will reduce costs to the consumer. Our concern relates to the investment required to provide broadband in rural Ireland. I am sure the Minister is great at...

Seanad: Political Reform: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: Jesus. I do not remember being here 13 years ago.

Seanad: Political Reform: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: That is the issue Senator Hayden was complaining about - filibustering.

Seanad: Political Reform: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: He or she is unlikely to have a degree from Trinity, unless it is a degree in electronic engineering.

Seanad: Political Reform: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: The constitutional convention considered extending the franchise in presidential elections. We are proposing to give a vote to those who hold degrees from third level institutions, thereby including members of the diaspora by accident. Of the 196 countries in the world, 120 allow citizens living abroad to vote. The constitutional convention recommended that citizens living outside the...

Seanad: Political Reform: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: The list of reforms is interesting, in that reform has been talked about for a long time in this House. I am interested in the actual success of the Private Members' Bills, many of which do not appear to get as far as they should. Senator Crown pointed out yesterday that his Bill to ban smoking in cars in which children are present has been waiting for two years. I acknowledge that the...

Seanad: Political Reform: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: Yes. In the context of political reform, if legislation that everyone agrees should be passed and is in the public interest does not happen, one cannot then state that political reform has genuinely taken place. There is no point in having 60 Bills per month coming through the Dáil if, when amendments are required, there is no impetus for civil servants actually to prepare those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: Through the Chair-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: There is an issue with the reducing allocation that Ireland gives to Irish Aid outside of our EU commitment. As our aid budget drops, our EU commitment remains static because we are tied in at 0.94%. Therefore, as a country, our discretionary spending is dropping. That is my concern. Deputy Durkan seemed to be implying that if we had written one entire cheque to the EU it would be fine,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I accept all that. My point is that our discretionary-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: In regard to the percentage of money that is given to our key partner countries, if we break down the 0.91% for the European fund roughly, what we allocate to our partner countries out of that is approximately €43 million or €44 million. Therefore, of all the money we give towards the European Development Fund, the amount that goes to the countries we have chosen as partner...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I am sure Tom would agree with the ruling from the Chair. Having celebrated one legend last night, it is fitting that we celebrate another today. I am sure Tom would have enjoyed being at the event last night to celebrate Páidí Ó Sé. It is sad for an area such as Dingle to lose two such characters. They were famous in their lifetimes throughout the country and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peer Review of Ireland's Development Co-operation Programme: OECD (4 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: If some countries say they will help with education, that could be measured by the number of teachers they helped to become educators or how many children finished primary level. If a country focuses on education and works in Botswana and manages, as Irish Aid has done, to ensure that 85% get out-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peer Review of Ireland's Development Co-operation Programme: OECD (4 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I am just saying that it is not a question of how a country gives the money but of what it does and its effectiveness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peer Review of Ireland's Development Co-operation Programme: OECD (4 Feb 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the delegation for attending. I am surprised there is not a ranking. Why not? Do some OECD members not want it because they might be embarrassed by it? In business, as in any organisation, if it is not being measured, it is not being done. Perhaps the OECD will consider this point. According to the delegation's analysis, some countries give aid that is tied to their trade...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Building Regulations Compliance (30 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. This issue relates to the new 2013 regulations introduced under the Building Control Act, and they relate to certification of building works. There seems to be much concern among architects, engineers and surveyors regarding the exclusion of large numbers of competent engineers and architects who currently do a job in applying for planning...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Building Regulations Compliance (30 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply and for the further information he supplied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: In respect of the last item-----