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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: I join with my colleague from County Kerry in seeking a discussion on Valentia hospital. Senator Norris is welcome to come back tomorrow evening to attend a meeting in Valentia about the future of the hospital. This boils down to the famous, all-powerful organisation HIQA that seems to write reports or, in the case of Roscommon, not write reports. This is then used by the HSE and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: The Senator is welcome.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: I support Senator Mac Conghail's call to invite former President Robinson to the House to give her views on her visit to Africa. The Horn of Africa is facing its worst famine in 60 years. A total of 10 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya face starvation. Given our own history, the view of Africa from this side of the world is probably similar to the view the Victorians...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: On this rare occasion I agree with my colleague from Kerry, Senator Coghlan, regarding bringing the Minister, Deputy Deenihan, to the House to discuss the matter of Killarney House. The Cloyne report was published yesterday and I agree with Senator Heffernan's request that the papal nuncio be asked to address the House and so afford him an opportunity to apologise to the families and victims-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: It is and I ask the Leader to make that possible and to offer the invitation because the papal nuncio and the Vatican have a lot of explaining to do to the people of Ireland. Senator Heffernan also spoke about the victims. Forty victims gave evidence to the inquiry. I refer to a report from the Journal of Interpersonal Violencewhich carried out a substantial study of child abusers who are...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: I refer to the motion in the House last night which was a motion on activity and not on action. There was the preposterous situation where everyone in the House talked about precautionary principles. Senator Crown supported the Fianna Fáil motion-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Will the Leader clarify the record of the House? The Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, was reading the official script which stated there was no intention of introducing any legislation on behalf of the Government-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: The Minister of State then said he would support what Senator Crown was saying about the Fianna Fáil legislation but the Leader then said-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Last night it was stated on the record of the House that we did not have a Bill available.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: We said we would put the Bill on the Order Paper on Monday and the Leader is aware of this. I ask him to correct the record of the House because Fianna Fáil would have had that legislation down and the House would have been debating legislation, not motions, last night-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: -----and we would have made this House relevant.

Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: On a point of order, we offered to place my legislation which Senator John Crown has endorsed and said is valid on the Order Paper to be debated tonight.

Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: What is ironic about this is that the Minister of State has said-----

Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: -----there are no plans to introduce further legislation in this area-----

Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: -----yet a doctor has told us legislation should be introduced. The learned Members opposite have also said it should be introduced.

Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: There is because we would have brought it forward in the House.

Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Vótáil.

Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: Fianna Fáil will be calling a vote on this motion. This is showman politics. We offered to introduce legislation into the House, which is where we are supposed to make laws. This motion is only following up on what an Oireachtas committee did, not in the previous Dáil but in the one before that, and which made all the recommendations the Senator proposes in the motion. The Senator spoke...

Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: An Oireachtas committee discussed it, not in the last Dáil, but in the one prior to that and nothing happened. We are talking about it today, but that is not what we should be doing. We have legislation that would make people aware of the potential dangers to their children. I would not like to be back here in 47 years time saying we should have made them more aware so that more people...

Seanad: Mobile Phones: Motion (13 Jul 2011)

Mark Daly: It is activity and not action. That is not politics and is not why we are here.