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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Government Elections (14 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to come to the House to address the concept of retaining the office of mayor of Killarney. He will be aware that in Waterford where the city council is merging with the county that a mayor will still be elected in the local electoral area. Will Killarney and elsewhere, which will lose their town councils, be allowed to have an election among...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013: First Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the recognition of Irish Sign Language and for that purpose to set down principles to guide the operations of public bodies; to require public bodies to prepare and implement action plans on Irish Sign Language; to provide for classes for the parents of deaf children; to permit the use of Irish Sign language in...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013: First Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: On Tuesday, 19 November.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill be placed on the Order Paper and be taken before No. 1. I support Senator Darragh O'Brien on the subject of EU scrutiny. We welcome the move in respect of direct flights from Canada to Ireland. The initiative in respect of the latter was started by the...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: Senator Paul Coghlan is talking about the Central Bank.

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: Is that a dance move?

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister back to the House. We could almost make him an honorary member for the day.

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: The Senator is most welcome. This matter is of huge concern. I wish to raise two issues. There are three proposed routes. Please forgive my lack of knowledge in engineering when it comes to this issue. Much of the expense in putting the lines underground has to do with acquisition of land in terms of compensating farmers for disruption, finding ways around private property and dealing...

Seanad: Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to take Second, Committee and Report Stages of the Bill. As always, I enjoyed the debate.

Seanad: Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 18: In page 16, after line 33, to insert the following:"(2) Any disposal by BGÉ of its shares in an energy company shall not result in an increase of the ratio of net debt to shareholder’s equity of BGÉ.".This amendment relates to the issues of debt and the disposal of shares. I understand the Minister dealt with the same matter in the Dáil, but I...

Seanad: Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 20: In page 16, after line 33, to insert the following:"(2) BGÉ shall not dispose of the assets of Irish Water.".This amendment relates to the broader issue of the disposal of State assets, which we discussed on Second Stage. Our concern is that, in some cases, we are selling assets which account for only one month's borrowing. As Senator Ó Clochartaigh...

Seanad: Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, after line 34, to insert the following:“(f) the retail energy market in Ireland, assessing whether or not sufficient competition and regulation is in place to ensure prices are kept low for consumers.”.The issue is about the costs and prices and I would like to hear the Minister's comments on that. The energy market in Ireland is far from...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Regulatory Impact Assessment Usage (12 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House and I agree with what she has just said. However, instead of having officials in the Department reading the reports and determining whether all of the reports from the various nursing homes were received, we should be deploying more inspectors for surprise visits. We need boots on the ground. As the Minister of State knows, one can read...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Regulatory Impact Assessment Usage (12 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for coming to the House to deal with this matter. It is great to see her. The issue I wish to raise relates to regulatory impact assessments. We were promised that the Government would cut red tape. "Reform" became part of a ministerial portfolio, the purpose of which was to cut red tape. When I asked how many regulatory impact...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to arrange for a debate on the European Union and its policies. A report by Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel prize winner for economics, stated that Ireland is facing a lost decade because of the policies being imposed upon it by the EU, the troika and the IMF.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I do not want to see fatalism being replaced by pessimism and in light of EU policies 1,000 people per week emigrating. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for announcing that we will get reports on EU legislation that have been decided at committee level. However, what we are not getting - I ask the Leader to clarify this - is what was actually decided upon. Did the committee make any changes...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: Some 3,000 people per month are emigrating.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Tax Collection (7 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for taking this issue. I have received some correspondence from constituents, employers and accountants who are concerned that this will be unmanageable and will have an adverse effect on accountants' offices. They have raised a number of practical issues with me, but I would like to listen to the rationale by the Department of Finance for this approach.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Tax Collection (7 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: I will summarise - Europe is at fault. That is about the size of it.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Tax Collection (7 Nov 2013)

Mark Daly: Not for one second do I attribute any blame to the Minister of State, but the answer is basically that Europe is at fault. I do not know whether we did anything about it at European level. Did we engage and explain that how this change was designed would cause us problems or did we just take the new budgetary timeline that we were given? To summarise the reply, it is Europe's fault and do...