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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: They are now trying to source UK international brands rather than Irish international brands and putting our workers out of business.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to discuss this issue with the Minister and investigate it further. The Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment tried to do so and had to meet in camera to get to the bottom of the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: If further investigation is required it should be carried out. I know the Minister has been investigating this matter and I urge her to continue to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: The pot is calling the kettle black.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: Senator Buttimer is over his two minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: I welcome the news on cystic fibrosis and the innovative way the Government is proceeding by providing that beds will be available and payment will be made in 2011. I was contacted by a number of families over the weekend on this issue and I am glad the Minister will proceed on it. It would have been a travesty for her not to proceed with it because it is regrettable that the life...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: The provision of this unit will go a long way towards giving people who have cystic fibrosis a chance of a better quality of life and a longer life. The next step in this process is the provision of an improved organ donation system so that those patients can receive organs and can fulfil their great potential.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: I ask the Deputy Leader to raise the statement by the Israeli Foreign Minister that he sees no benefit in giving concessions. The Israelis have not been known for giving concessions recently and their recent invasion of Gaza and its strangling of the Palestinian population by ensuring no food aid got into Gaza in the five months previous to the first rocket attack by Hamas in many months...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: ——that there would be no access to European markets by the Israelis unless they give access to food for the Palestinians. I raise the matter of a very disturbing questionnaire sent by the FÁS branch of SIPTU to councillors throughout the country. The objective of this questionnaire is clear when one reads the questions — for example, question No. 10 reads: "Do you agree with workers...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: That is the point. SIPTU will go around the country advising all its members that this questionnaire must be responded to. To say the questions are unbalanced is putting it mildly. It is not a questionnaire, it is a veiled threat. I ask the Deputy Leader to take up this matter with the Minister of State, Deputy Billy Kelleher, with a view to questioning, through his good offices, SIPTU as...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: I agree with Senator Norris's comments on Standard & Poor's. It appears we are in a new economic war. On this occasion, the war is not with the English Government but with the English media and financial institutions. On 26 February last, I mentioned in this House that Sky News had reported that mismanagement in Allied Irish Bank, rather than Anglo Irish Bank, had caused frustration and...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: On 19 January last, when Standard & Poor's——

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: If we want the next coalition Government to be formed by Fine Gael, the Labour Party and the International Monetary Fund, we can let them at it.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: The new faces in government——

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: The regime change that is coming from——

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: When Standard & Poor's downgraded Spain's credit rating from AAA to AA+ on 19 January last, it made no such call. On 14 January, when they did the same to Greece, they made no such call or interference in the political process or in the sovereign government. I call on the Leader to ensure every time a foreign media or financial institution attacks Ireland's reputation, the Government press...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (25 Mar 2009)

Mark Daly: While we are in the mutual admiration society, I include your good self, Senator Coghlan. That work was done by proving that Killarney, which is the capital of tourism, as the Acting Chairman and the Minister are well aware, does not just have a six-month season, it has a year-round season. It would beggar belief to have spent such an inordinate amount of money on the restoration of Ross...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (25 Mar 2009)

Mark Daly: I agree with Senator Buttimer. It is rare that I do, but I agree with him about the Cork to Swansea ferry. I will return to that point. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Deputy Mansergh, for their assistance to Kerry in opening Ross Castle last week four weeks earlier than all other OPW...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2009)

Mark Daly: It is coming up to St. Patrick's week and I thank Stella O'Leary, president of the Irish American Democrats, for her role in ensuring that March 2009 was proclaimed Irish American heritage month by President Obama. I hope the Cathaoirleach and the Taoiseach enjoy their visit to the White House next week. In that proclamation, President Obama outlined the huge contribution by Irish Americans...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (10 Mar 2009)

Mark Daly: My Seanad colleagues spoke on the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and its role, and I do not intend to go over that ground. I intend to speak of the individual who will take over that office, Mr. Dermot Gallagher — Dag, as he was known in the Department — and his continuing career of service to the country. Many people have been involved in the Irish peace process but very few...