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Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: Along with my other colleagues I ask the Leader to bring the Minister to the House to discuss the crisis situation for those people who are being evicted. We also need a debate on the issue of bondholders to which I referred.

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (18 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, to the House. This is a short query on the family income supplement, which is currently being included as assessable for consideration when persons are being considered for housing applications. I would ask the Minister, in light of the current situation, that it would not be assessable for consideration when people's household means are being...

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (18 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and I look forward to the outcome of the review.

Seanad: Cystic Fibrosis Services (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State. I wish to raise with her the provision of adult cystic fibrosis in-care beds at Cork University Hospital. She will be aware that in Ireland one in 19 people carry the cystic fibrosis gene. When two parents carrying the gene have a child, there is a one in four chance that it will be born with cystic fibrosis. While we are unique in that we have a higher...

Seanad: Cystic Fibrosis Services (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: The Build4Life organisation has sought a meeting with the Minister who, to date, has refused to meet it. As I pointed out, if the Minister allocated €300,000 from national lottery funding, as his predecessor did, the spend of €2.3 million would result in a tax return of €450,000. There is no timeline for the provision of this service. The final line of the Minister's reply reads,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I support my colleagues opposite on amending the Valuations Act 2001. I also met the organisation which is running the campaign on commercial rates. I suggested that we would support any amendment to the Act that would allow a right of appeal. Will the Leader bring such legislation to the House at the earliest opportunity. I agree with Senator Byrne. I, too, raised the issue of RTE and I...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: That is good research.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: They know all about jobs for the boys.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: What about Guinness?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: We will join the Commonwealth. That is the next step by Fine Gael, is it?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: No advertising, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: Is the Senator serious? We are talking about a card-carrying member of the Labour Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: The point of order is that if the Senator accuses me of giving misinformation-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: To have bureaucrats go through legislation is unacceptable.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: Reviewing legislation is the job of Government and not that of 90 bureaucrats.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: The Government made promises in the election and it has broken promise after promise.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: We cannot believe the Government's election promises.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I too welcome the impending release of Gilad Shalit. In recent years all sides of the House have called for his release because of the great burden it placed on his family and the fact that there is impending peace in the Middle East. As my colleague, Senator Leyden, suggested, I hope this is a step in the right direction. It is difficult to understand how the Palestinian people can call...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Mark Daly: I stated yesterday and I will continue to emphasise to our colleagues in Europe that there is no way the Irish people will back any referendum that gives more power to the Germans, the French, the European Commission and unelected bureaucrats such Mr. Barroso and others. The fact that they had the opportunity to get-----