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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Like everyone else, I join in sending best wishes for the coming holidays, Christmas and the new year. I thank the Cathaoirleach, the Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins and my colleague from Kerry, Senator Paul Coghlan, for their courtesy. No doubt Senator Coghlan and I will have more debates on NAMA in the new year. I also thank my party leader in the Seanad, Senator Darragh O'Brien, and our...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I move an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 14 be taken as the first item of business. I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to come into the House and have a debate on visas for the Irish in America. The Bill passed by the US Congress, by 389 to 15, allows for high-skilled individuals from China and India but not Ireland to be granted visas for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2011: First Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that, in the interests of transparency, all relevant details of loans, properties, or other assets offered for sale by or with the approval of NAMA or the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation be available to the public by means of publication on a website.

Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2011: First Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I ask leave of the House to introduce No. 11 on the Order Paper, the NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2011.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I will move such an amendment tomorrow because I want to second Senator Cullinane's amendment to the Order of Business. Is it possible that I might do both now?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: In that event, I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that No. 11 on the Order Paper be introduced today. I also wish to second Senator Cullinane's amendment. The legislation to which I refer relates to a matter we discussed in the House on 29 January last in respect of the lack of transparency in NAMA. In June, the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, voiced his concern...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I ask that the Bill listed on the Order Paper be introduced and discussed as soon as possible. I commend the work of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform in its attempts to get 10,000 visas for Irish people. This does not relate to the undocumented Irish. I met Bruce Morrison and Ciaran Staunton in Washington three weeks ago and we went to Capitol Hill to lobby Congress and Senators to...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: There is no guarantee that we will succeed, but their work on behalf of Irish citizens seeking to be made legal in America is to be commended by the House. I ask for a debate on the matter in the near future.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. On the last occasion I spoke to him in the House we were dealing with Fianna Fáil's Bill on homeowners in mortgage difficulty, at which time I suggested there was a wink and a nod that the Bill was worthy of progression. I regret his colleagues did not take the hint and that the Bill failed to receive support. Despite promises made at the...

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Where are they?

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: There are plenty of measures contained in the budget. While I do not suggest Fianna Fáil's Bill was the panacea for all mortgage problems, had it been greeted with the chorus of "there is merit in some of the proposals which can be rectified on Committee Stage——

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I am glad to have obtained the learned opinion of Fine Gael and the Labour Party. I could be wrong, but amendments are made to most Bills as they progress through the Houses because they are not as good as they should be, including Government Bills.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator for pointing that out to me. We are now being promised the same on this Bill. It is not Senator Sean D. Barrett who will be writing our fiscal responsibility legislation. There is no doubt that it will be written by civil servants in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. I look forward to its introduction. It was said to me today that if some of it were to be written in...

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: It is great that the advice of the Attorney General will be sought. Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill. There is no one more qualified in the Houses of the Oireachtas or any Department than Senator Sean D. Barrett to bring forward this legislation. It is regrettable that the Government has seen fit, while applauding some of the measures contained in the Bill, not to support it.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: There are plenty of Bills on the Order Paper that have been sitting there for a long time.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Senator Cummins, all Members have seen that.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Members will know when it becomes an Act.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: The proof will be when the Bill is enacted. The Government is parking the Bill and does not intend to do anything with it.