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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

Mark Daly: We all have an interest in ensuring the civil partnership provisions are put in place. However, the Opposition parties demanded that the legislation be guillotined. If we had asked for it to be guillotined, they would have lambasted us. However, they now insist that it be guillotined.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

Mark Daly: They are also ensuring——

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

Mark Daly: ——that the bankers' bonuses issue will not be addressed.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

Mark Daly: How could they do this?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Mark Daly: Tomorrow is the anniversary of the First Dáil and the beginning of the War of Independence. The First Dáil met in the Round Room of the Mansion House with 27 Members present and 35 Members in jail. Those were challenging times. These are also challenging times. We would do well to recall the founding principles of the first Dáil to give every child the opportunity to achieve his or her...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Mark Daly: When he addressed the Dáil in 1963, he quoted the following from George Bernard Shaw: Some people see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not? We should remember the principles of the first Dáil today as we try to find a way to give all of the children of the nation the opportunity to pursue the happiness to which they are entitled. It is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Mark Daly: I join colleagues in calling for a debate on the issue of drug abuse. Last week we saw the reports of the inquest into the high profile death of a member of the media. That was a missed opportunity by RTE to highlight the fact that the use of illegal drugs such as cocaine by any person is unacceptable. Senator MacSharry pointed out that the use of drugs such as cocaine leads to deaths, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Mark Daly: One must ask the question whether the person who was the subject of the inquest last week was also responsible. I put it to the House that he was. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on cocaine abuse in Ireland at the earliest opportunity.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: I had to share an office with Kieran, or he had to put up with me, for a while. I am sure he gave his family some reports on that, on how a Kerry fellow had piles of paper on his desk and did not seem to be getting much achieved, but he did give me some great advice. We had a common interest in the GAA because we both served on GAA committees together. He used tell me, and I agreed, that...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: Like me, Senator Ormonde was at the LAMA conference in Listowel. I shared the top table with Senator Cummins. Like my colleagues on the other side of the House I agree with the sentiments, but the Government has a view that the Bill should be part of a widespread and comprehensive reform of local government which I am sure will involve the inclusion of LAMA as a nominating body. One of the...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: I am just making the point-----

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: The people to whom I referred are members of the board and none of them is a public representative. That is my concern. None of them was elected to public office and they have been appointed to do a job which should be part of local government reform, which we were promised as part of the programme for Government and which may not happen for a number of months now that the Local Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: Will the Deputy Leader invite the Minister to the House to discuss the tendering process which seems to militate against small businesses and manufacturers? I refer also to education. Senator Donohoe stated a change of Government would not bring a change of policy. I listened to an interview with Deputy Quinn of the Labour Party yesterday. He was asked five times to state his party's...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: Apparently the Labour Party will but it will only-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: What beggars belief is that the Labour Party is asking people to trust it. We will have a debate on the Labour Party's education policy if the Leader allows it because the party does not seem to have one other than saying: "Trust us; give us enough seats and we will see what happens." There needs to be a debate on third level education.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: If Senator Bacik would like to give us the Labour Party's policy on education-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: I am just asking whether the Labour Party would raise the registration fee.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: Senator Bacik is interrupting me.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mark Daly: Would the Labour Party increase education registration fees?