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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: She was not asked.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I look forward to the update.

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I am interested in the answer to Senator Crown's question. It was in the news, and the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton said it herself, that we had no position paper going into negotiations. There is no support for the common consolidated tax base on our corporation tax. We lost the vote on it as recently as last October. Just nine European countries supported us. Mrs. Merkel and Mr....

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I want to know why we did not have a position paper on corporation tax. On the question of debt write-down-----

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: We did not go into the negotiations with a position on the consolidated corporation tax base.

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: The answer is here.

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: It has nothing to do with it.

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: The Government is not entirely tuned in. By the end of the year, France and Germany will have taken away whatever competitive advantage we have.

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I am wondering why the Government is-----

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I want to know why we did not go in with a position paper.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is important legislation on the gender issue and is a step in the right direction; it is not a big step but a baby step. I note it does not cover the local election issue or the Seanad. I realise the Minister may be pre-empting another referendum and we may be "tsumanied" with referendums. As the Minister is talking about reform and funding for...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I would not like to upset Deputy Brendan Griffin in my part of the county at the weekend-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: -----or my colleague, Senator Paul Coghlan, who might be running in the Dáil election the next time. I suppose there is a snowball's chance in hell of that happening.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: On the serious issue, before we have a referendum on-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I take that as a great compliment. Perhaps the Minister, the leader of the Labour Party group and my Fine Gael colleagues would consider a 50:50 quota in the Seanad. If provision is made for such a quota in the legislation, any subsequent referendum will take care of all those issues, whether the people decide for or against it. However, it would be a step in the right direction given that...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I note the point. I presume that if mediocre women are nominated that mediocre women would get elected to the Houses in the same way that she hinted that mediocre men are nominated and elected all the time. I do not think that remark was addressed to the Acting Chairman, or any of the males in this Chamber. However, I ask the Minister to look specifically at the Seanad where political...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I support the amendment to the Order of Business. I commend the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform and former Congressman, Mr. Bruce Morrison. I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the Irish overseas. There has been a push for many decades on the issue and I spent some time on Capitol Hill with former Congressman Morrison and Mr. Kieran Staunton. People are seeking a new visa Bill for...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: Last week I raised the issue of Article 27 and the facility it provides for a majority of Members of this House to sign a petition requesting that the President not sign a Bill but instead put it to the people by way of referendum. Even where a Bill is found by the Attorney General to be constitutional, it can and should be put to the people if the President deems it to be of such national...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: It is interesting that Members opposite are making the point that they have to pay for the maintenance of their septic tanks. In urban Ireland the council does all that. That is why people should be given grants by the Government. The Minister is talking about grants, but not about 100% grants. He has said that in 2013 the Government will see how many septic tanks are not in compliance...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: The Poolbeg sewage treatment plant was done at a cost of hundreds of millions of euro - although it is still not working entirely well - and urban dwellers do not have to pay a penny towards its building or maintenance.