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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: If you want to address me outside the Chamber, there is no problem in the world with that.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: If you are going to address me in the Chamber and not give me the right to reply-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: If you are going to dismiss me, that is entirely up to you.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: If Senator O'Donnell would respect the rules of the House, that would be fine.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Stay quiet.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: Senator Gilroy has given me an endorsement.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Mark Daly: If the Senator wanted the banks to fail on the morning in question, she was quite entitled to hold that opinion.

Seanad: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (8 Nov 2011)

Mark Daly: Do not hold that against us, a Chathaoirligh. Mayo will definitely rise again. I welcome the Minister to the House and I thank him for addressing this important issue, which was raised by our alleged friends in Europe in their continued attempt to harmonise our corporation tax rate with their level, thereby taking away our competitive advantage. We are well aware that the French and the...

Seanad: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (8 Nov 2011)

Mark Daly: Obviously, I was aware of the recommendation made to the European Union by the Standing Order 103 Select Committee of the Dáil. That we lost the vote there does not bode well for the future of the consolidated corporation tax base we currently enjoy. Frau Merkel and Monsieur Sarkozy are writing common letters because they want this issue to be resolved before 2012. They want to help their...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I acknowledge the Minister is aware of the issue. However, I am concerned that only five additional staff members have been allocated which, in essence, constitutes an increase of 25%. This is not a huge increase in the allocation.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: Will the Minister go back to his Cabinet colleague and ask for an increased allocation? The allocation of an additional five staff members to deal with the 50,000 claims in 2011 will not decrease the rate by a significant amount. There are staff members within the system who could be reallocated and I ask that more be done.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: That is a first for me also. It is nice to see the Minister going off script. This is what Senator Crown referred to when he spoke of leadership as opposed to management. My query relates to the processing time of redundancy payments and the steps the Department will take to ensure it is shortened. There has been a transfer of responsibility to the Department of Social Protection. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: Like Senator Byrne, I am also concerned by the rush to welcome what was agreed at 4 a.m. Anything that is agreed at that hour can generally have flaws in it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I hear my learned colleagues opposite agreeing to that statement. I presume they were not out last night until 4 a.m.——

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: ——but not elsewhere in Europe, I would say.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: While I take on board all that was said by Senator Quinn, I ask the Leader for a debate on what emerged last night. There is now talk of a referendum next spring. As I told the German ambassador, when he was in the Oireachtas during the summer, and to his colleague from the Bundestag, there is no chance that a referendum will be passed in Ireland. It is as simple as this: if the Greeks get...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: On his concerns over directors and cosy deals, the committee found out yesterday that some of the people who liquidated their companies are to be paid commission if they get back more than half of what they lost. The people need to know the facts and to have transparency. Everything should be in the public domain and anybody should be able to find out what properties are in NAMA.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I am asking him for a debate. I support the call of the Fine Gael Senator from Kerry for a debate on the lack of transparency in NAMA.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: My other colleague from Kerry does not seem to agree, but I am afraid the evidence is mounting against Senator Coghlan. There is no transparency and the taxpayer is carrying a huge burden as a consequence.

Seanad: Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, and wish him luck in finding oil and gas. While Fianna Fáil does not oppose the Bill in principle, I have several questions about the legislative measures proposed. The anticipated implementation costs of the programme are approximately €5 million. The levy on the industry will not be imposed...