Results 7,521-7,540 of 8,391 for speaker:Mark Daly

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I hope my colleague will support my call for an amendment to the Order of Business that the House takes the NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill today.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I have raised this issue on a number of occasions and I have called on the Attorney General to come to the House, as I believe that NAMA is not selling its properties in accordance with the legislation passed by the Oireachtas. To date, the Attorney General has failed to reply to the questions I raised. NAMA is the largest property company in the world. Both Houses passed legislation that...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Mark Daly: That is clearly not happening. Deputy Buttimer raised the issue of the sale of land in Cork. Other sales in London and further afield are taking place with the consent of NAMA but nobody knows the properties are for sale.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I am sure colleagues have read the newspaper reports, particular in the Irish Examiner, about a property on which a loan of €100 million had been secured which was sold for €7 million. Nobody, including adjoining landowners and farmers, knew the land was for sale. If that is selling State assets in an open and transparent manner, then my colleagues opposite are clearly delusional when...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Mark Daly: As a former auctioneer, I am sure Senator Coghlan knows how to sell something in an open and transparent manner. I have moved an amendment to the Order of Business and I also ask the Deputy Leader to invoke Standing Order 56 to invite the Attorney General to come to the House to explain to us why NAMA is not following the laws it passed.

Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly: Statements (17 May 2012)

Mark Daly: The work of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly plays an extremely important role in fostering the relationship between the two islands. As my colleague from Kerry has pointed out, the issue of trade has now become more focused at these meetings. Once upon a time Britain was our largest trading partner and it is as important to all of our manufacturers and suppliers in Ireland as we...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I ask the Deputy Leader to ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to come to the House to discuss the US-Ireland Alliance. The Mitchell scholars programme is a great programme in honour of an extraordinary man but, unfortunately, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade has been unable to get a definitive answer from the president of the US-Ireland Alliance on...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Mark Daly: It is and it has come up twice, which is why I am asking for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to appear in the House seeing as the president of the US-Ireland Alliance will not indicate whether she will appear. The Irish taxpayer will give over €20 million to the programme-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Mark Daly: The president has not indicated that she will appear before the committee. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade is a member of the board of the US-Ireland Alliance and when he comes in he could explain why the president of the organisation will not indicate whether she will appear before the committee.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Mark Daly: He is not God.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I, like others, welcome the development of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly being in the Senate chamber. Like others, I have made proposals on The Gathering to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar. I propose that members of the Irish overseas who are members of parliament in Westminster, America, Australia, New Zealand and, our fifth largest overseas...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Coghlan. While I agree with him that one cannot believe everything that one reads, he would be aware that his own leader, Deputy Enda Kenny, who is the Taoiseach, and he said that in June that he was concerned about NAMA and its operations.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: If he was so full of confidence, he would not have raised the issue at a previous meeting of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, which was held in Cork.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: He did explain it all at the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I have. I think we should debate NAMA and the bank resolution-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I know my colleague from Kerry would-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: I have. I am suggesting that this issue should be debated as a matter of urgency. Fianna Fáil's next Private Members' time is three weeks away. Every time NAMA sells a property or an asset without openness or transparency, the Irish taxpayer loses hundreds of thousands of euro, if not millions of euro. NAMA and the Irish banks are agreeing deals at a cost to the Irish taxpayer.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mark Daly: With all due respect to the Senator, he is quite aware that the banks are making a loss.