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Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: It is there in ink on the Order Paper, a clear reference to "privately owned grid solutions". Like John West, the motion does what it says on the tin.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Keane for the invitation. I look forward to going there at some stage.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: I was referring to the wages.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Mark Daly: It is hen harrier.

Seanad: Rent Supplement Payments (31 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: My query relates to the payment of rent allowance directly to persons in receipt of social welfare benefits. This system was changed a number of years ago in order that landlords would no longer receive the rent allowance and that it would be paid directly to social welfare recipients. I have received information from a number of agents that recipients of rent allowance are telling their...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the treaty published yesterday. Unlike the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, I believe we should have a referendum. To quote him directly, he is not a fan of referendums and does not believe they are democratic. I have great time for the Minister but he might have to go back to political science class to learn that referendums are very democratic. In that...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: Ministers cannot engage in scare-mongering or tell lies on national television. If they want the truth they must tell everybody what is in the treaty and not indulge in scare-mongering based on what it does not contain.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister. The area applied for permission for afforestation in 2011 was 38% lower than in 2010. Is he aware that the change made by departmental officials directly contributed to the decline and, as a result, vast areas of productive land were excluded? The grant and premium rates were also cut and severe restrictions were put on the area of land allowable. Other issues are...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: I, too, call for a debate on the recommendation of the Fiscal Advisory Council. The council produced only one previous report to the Government. Prior to the budget it suggested cuts of €4.8 billion, which the Government rejected out of hand. The council is now saying there should not be a referendum on the forthcoming intergovernmental treaty. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: The question is, can we have a debate on the forthcoming EU treaty? As has been pointed out, Ireland does not have a position. We are going into the negotiation with our hands hanging. We have no position paper and we have not debated the treaty here or in the Dáil. We will be presented with a fait accompli. There is a democratic deficit in this House and in the Dáil. We will be shown...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: I know Senator Coghlan has been in consultation with the Attorney General and I thank him for his input.

Seanad: Tourism Promotion (25 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: The Minister should not forget the hurleys. If he is taking in surfing lessons, he might just bring in hurleys and sliotars too.

Seanad: Tourism Promotion (25 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: We won the first All-Ireland final, I remind the Senator.

Seanad: Community Development (25 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to the House. We had an interesting discussion while we were waiting.

Seanad: Community Development (25 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: We could dispense with the debate, but it will be held in public none the less. It was an entirely different topic we were talking about. My question was about the need for the Minister with responsibility for local government to clarify, with regard to the interim report of the local government and local development alignment steering group, whether he seeks closer amalgamation or...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (25 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: I welcome the motion and the Minister of State. This is an important debate. I look forward to continuing the debate over the coming years. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was not ratified by the previous Government and is not being ratified by this Government. I received replies from the Minister for Justice and Equality recently. The Government takes the...

Seanad: Water Services: Statements (25 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: I propose to cite comments published in the Irish Examiner of 28 June 2010: I'm against water charging. Water is a necessity. I've always believed essential services such as water should be delivered as a public service. I believe the speaker, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, sits at the Cabinet table of a Government that is introducing water...

Seanad: Water Services: Statements (25 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: It is mostly roads.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: Last Saturday marked not alone the 93rd anniversary of this House but also that of the Lower House. It says a lot for us as a Parliament that this event was not marked. Saturday was also the 93rd anniversary of the start of the War of Independence. I was honoured to be in Soloheadbeg for the commemoration and am also honoured to be on the 2016 commemoration committee to which a former...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Mark Daly: Will the Leader invite the associated Minister, who I assume is the Minister for Justice and Equality, to this House to discuss how we should be able to scrutinise statutory instruments as part of our workload in the Seanad, given that 733 of these were passed in a 12-month period without anybody looking at them, scrutinising or amending them to see how they might affect Ireland? This shows...