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

Mark Daly: Not half as much as people are getting from the Taoiseach at present.

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

Mark Daly: I note Senator Quinn's Construction Contracts Bill is yet to be enacted.

Seanad: NAMA Transparency Bill 2011: Motion to Discharge Order for Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I move: That the order for Second Stage of the NAMA Transparency Bill 2011 be discharged and that the Bill be withdrawn.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Like my colleagues, I look forward to the debate on the forthcoming referendum on the abolition of the Seanad. We must make the case that this House has a role to play. In this regard, I welcome the Leader's efforts to persuade his colleagues in Government that the Seanad should have a primary role in the scrutiny of EU legislation. As I have pointed out before, 138 pieces of European...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Yes. I am calling for a debate on the Ballymurphy massacre. One of the most disturbing aspects of the case was that a priest, Fr. Hugh Mullan, was killed while waving a white cloth, an image familiar to us from photographs of the scenes in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: He was accused of being-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I support my colleague, Senator Fiach Mac Conghail, in his call for a debate on the proposed changes in respect of the disability allowance. I hope the House will see its way to facilitating that debate rather than accepting the proposal from the other side of the House that we wait for the departmental officials to do the driving and come back with their considered view. I propose an...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Oh, dear me, the people in the glasshouses are throwing stones.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: They have proven the point that debate is about provoking a response. I am delighted to see that I have succeeded in proving the point.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: The budget is anti-rural. Small schools are being told to consider their future, Garda stations are being closed down and farm families are being affected. My amendment proposes that the issue of increments be debated today and that the Government should use the €300 million which it is proposed to pay the public service in a fairer way. My colleague, Senator Ó Murchú has an amendment...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Where is Jerry when you need him?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Senator Bacik is no angel.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: We hear it from Senator Bacik more often than not.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Let she who is without sin cast the first stone.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: We will see how the Senator goes.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I look forward to a debate on registration fees for third level colleges, an issue raised by other Senators. We are all familiar with the famous photograph which will become infamous from here to eternity of the Minister and then Deputy Quinn signing a pledge not to raise fees. It was a little like the Treaty of Limerick in that not only was the ink not dry but before he picked up the pen...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: My colleagues have misinterpreted what I said. As we know, the EU-IMF bailout is a temporary measure. Other countries that have gone into such a programme, including the United Kingdom, have come out of it. The Government does not seem to have a counter-proposal to what will be proposed next Friday.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator for admitting it.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: There is no proposal. Ireland is not putting forward a proposal.