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Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: The thirty-first amendment to the Constitution affords rights to children and gives them protection that heretofore has often been sadly missing in our society, as the Minister well knows. The amendment gives effect to the line in the Proclamation which states we should cherish all the children of the nation equally. It is appropriate also that the date for the referendum is the birth date...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: The other issue relates to suicide prevention. I ask the Leader for a debate on why a director for suicide prevention has not been appointed after five months. We have more than 600 suicides a year-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: -----yet we do not have action by the Government on the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Mark Daly: Will the Leader arrange a debate on some of the parades taking place in Belfast? I pay tribute to the Catholic community in Carrick Hill in Belfast, who organised a dignified protest against the Orange Order parade that went through their area at the weekend. Over the summer months there has been serious tension in Carrick Hill because of the triumphalist nature of the parades and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on driving licences on two fronts. First, many people have worked on the campaign for a new EU driving licence - myself included - along with various organ donor organisations here. We want a tick box to be included on all driving licences in the EU in order that more families are aware of the intention of their loved ones. A central database would...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: A union of nation states is what people signed up to. Federalism was not in the charter.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: We have an incremental federalism being proposed by the bureaucrats at the top who are unelected. We must arrange a debate on the matter as soon as possible.

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: We will not talk about last night's debate on the motion of confidence in the Minister for Health.

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: There was a lack of what I would call a chorus-----

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: Not on the Government announcements issued.

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: I thought it was in the NewERA document.

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. In the first instance, this process lacks the openness and transparency we would wish for in the establishment of Irish Water. There was a bypassing of the Oireachtas in terms of detail and there is obvious confusion in Cabinet about certain issues relating to charging for the water supply. Much effort has been made to establish when this...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: One should be able to create a situation where-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: I presume the German Minister is trying to imply that if Europe decided to go to war one country could not stop it. It is bizarre stuff, I agree with Senator Whelan. Coming from the German Minister I need say no more than that we should be slightly concerned that this has been reported. The fact that a German Minister wants to create a European army and that a veto would not be a part of...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Mark Daly: Like my colleague, Senator Darragh O'Brien, I am calling for a debate on job creation. In the run-up to last year's general election the Government parties promised to create 40,000 jobs a year. There is no system to measure how many jobs will be created on foot of the Government's raid of ¤2 billion from the National Pensions Reserve Fund over four years. I call for a debate on the...

Seanad: Mutual Recognition of Driving Licences (19 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I apologise to the Minister of State for being late. The debate on the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill concluded earlier than I had anticipated. The issue I raise is simple. What is the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport doing on behalf of up to 8,000 Irish citizens who will travel to Canada this year to find work? We do not have an agreement in place with Canada...

Seanad: Mutual Recognition of Driving Licences (19 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I note the case is that the Department is doing some research on the issue and cannot guarantee the outcome. Logic would suggest our driving test is not dissimilar to that in England. If England can do it, we should not have to wait too long. We do not need to send anybody to Canada to research the issue; all we need is to send them to...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: Like others, I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the issue of pilot training. How did the Irish Aviation Authority give a clean bill of health to the company concerned a few months ago? I renew my call for a debate on repairing the democratic deficit. Last week, we saw the democratically elected Údarás na Gaeltachta being abolished. We hear town councils are to be got rid of and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: Like other colleagues, I object to the Order of Business because of the limited amount of time allocated for the debate on the constitutional convention. The Government has most certainly turned it into a window dressing exercise in order to distract attention from the real issues. I also join the many Senators who have called for a debate on suicide, the real issue of this generation. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to provide time next week for the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to come to the House to discuss the future of the Mitchell scholars programme and the future of the US-Ireland Alliance in light of the fact we cannot get the president of the US-Ireland Alliance to appear before the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade.