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Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: Jerry-----

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: The Senator is referring to me.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: Senator Buttimer mentioned my reference to Sweden but he did not say what I said it did when it cut back on its aid budget in 1992.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: The Senator should stick to the facts.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: The facts are that Sweden cut back------

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: Is George Lee against the move to Limerick?

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: If the Fine Gael candidate is against the move to Limerick we would like to hear about it. As election agent, what is his position on the move to Limerick?

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: I often agree with my learned colleague, Senator O'Toole. As he is also from County Kerry, it is often hard to disagree with him. He cannot be accused of rambling, even if he suggested that he rambled a little in his contribution. I agree that there is some merit in elements of the Fine Gael amendment. I remind those who have called for these cuts to be reversed that we are obviously in...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: I do not know. I do not have my crystal ball with me tonight.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: Of course there will be elections between now and then. I suppose we will have to go for re-election at some stage. I commend the motion to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: With regard to Senator Buttimer's point about celebrities and the HSE, will the Deputy Leader inquire about that list of celebrities and how many of them have health insurance for private health care and how many do not? Do they have any genuine knowledge of what people must endure when they go through the system, in some cases due to HSE inefficiencies? It is craziness of the highest order...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: ——and ask questions about a system of which I suspect they have little knowledge.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: Most of their time would be spent in the Blackrock Clinic, not in the accident and emergency departments of our hospitals.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: Several Members referred to economists as the new high priests. I am reminded of the observation that if all the economists in the world were laid end to end they would not reach a conclusion. Senator Ross referred to the €7.5 billion which we gave to the banks as a loan. We must remind the public that the banks are paying €500 million a year for the use of the money and that amount...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: What I said is a fact. High food and clothing prices in the Republic of Ireland are an important issue. The answer to the problem came yesterday in Tesco's annual report. Tesco accounts for 27.5% of the Irish market. This year the company's profit increased by 5.2% and its worldwide profit was £3.1 billion. Nevertheless, Irish suppliers of goods and services to Tesco are going out of...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: It is our job to police the playground. Irish brands and jobs are being destroyed by Tesco. While we welcomed the company to Ireland, we did so on the understanding that Irish customers would get better service and cheaper food. That has not happened. Dublin Meath Growers have been put out of business by the action of multiple retailers. Irish workers are being threatened because...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: These are facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: When 2,000 jobs are lost because of the action of Tesco and other multiple retailers we have a duty to speak about it in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: We can speak in this House but suppliers cannot. They have appeared before a joint committee but they cannot speak out. They say they have been asked for promotion payments, or what used be known as "hello money". To speak out against a company which takes 25% of one's production would be commercial suicide.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: It is our duty to continue to investigate why multiple retailers are treating Ireland as a suburb of Manchester rather than a separate country.