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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2008)

Mark Daly: The country is facing a huge financial loss that would make the Army deafness claims seem like a drop in the ocean. ComReg, the communications regulator, has confirmed to me that there is no requirement on mobile phone companies to indemnify the Government against losses caused by the potential health effects of mobile phones and mobile phone masts. This is particularly concerning because...

Seanad: Situation in Zimbabwe: Statements (Resumed) (1 Jul 2008)

Mark Daly: My uncle, Austin Daly, who lives in South Africa, sent me a report of friends of his, William and Annette Rogers, who on 7 May were terrorised in their home in Zimbabwe during the hours of darkness. They were tortured by 15 thugs who wanted to make sure they left the farm. This is not a one-off incident. Robert Mugabe himself has been quoted as saying: "We are no longer going to ask for...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Mark Daly: I commend Cork City Council on passing a motion by Councillor Chris O'Leary of the Green Party, which places a moratorium on all planning decisions for mobile phone masts within the city until evidence is produced that they are not harmful to people. The moratorium will not be lifted until the council is satisfied that the European environmental protection agency's precautionary principle is...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Mark Daly: I apologise on behalf of the Irish people to the Spanish ambassador and the people of Spain for the refusal of the Irish Coast Guard Service to let him visit the marine rescue and co-ordination centre at Valentia. I raised this yesterday on the Order of Business, but since then I have learned that the director of the Irish Coastguard Service, Mr. Chris Reynolds, in a Radio Kerry interview,...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Mark Daly: I rise to condemn the senior management of the Irish Coast Guard service for its actions in refusing a request by the Spanish Ambassador to visit the marine rescue co-ordination centre in Valentia. The Ambassador wished to thank the men of Valentia station for their work in co-ordinating the rescue of Spanish trawlers in distress. A decision on the future of Valentia coast guard station is...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to send the good wishes of this House to Ted Kennedy and his family at this difficult time. The Leader met him when he was in Washington a number of weeks ago. This House and this country owe an enormous debt not only to Ted Kennedy but to his brothers who played an enormous role in instilling a sense of pride in being Irish. Ted Kennedy is a champion of our peace process...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Mark Daly: We previously debated the issue of the closure of Valentia marine rescue co-ordination centre. It is to be hoped this issue will be debated shortly by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport. I wish to raise the issue of a meeting on 29 April 2008 between the management of the Coast Guard and the local community. The Coast Guard said both the semi-State body, ESB, and Eircom were not...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator O'Toole and that was my reaction too when I heard that the senior management in the Coast Guard actually believe this notion and used it as the reason for the closure in discussions with the local community in Valentia. The man who made that statement is in charge of the Coast Guard. He has now given a flippant excuse for the closure — the threat of a terrorist attack —...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Mark Daly: ——does not see Valentia as the Achilles heel of western civilisation nor does he think that if he puts the Valentia marine rescue co-ordination centre out of action, he will cause the collapse of the civilised world. This other man to whom I have referred gave information to the report that is causing the closure of the centre. The report has been dissected by the local community and by...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 May 2008)

Mark Daly: I endorse the call by other Senators in regard to Burma. I urge the Department of Foreign Affairs to press the EU and the United Nations to urge the military junta to allow aid workers and non-governmental organisations into the country to help with the disaster relief and to issue visas as soon as possible to NGOs in Ireland such as GOAL and Concern.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Mark Daly: I wish to raise the matter of the situation in Gaza where an Irishman, John Ging, heads the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, operation there. It is incumbent on us in this House and on Ireland to do anything we can to support UNRWA and the people of Palestine who are, effectively, living in the open prison of Gaza. The week before last I spoke about the effects of mobile phones...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Mark Daly: I seek that the Leader call the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Ryan, to the House to discuss the new report by the European Environment Agency on mobile telephone masts and mobile telephones and their possible effect on health. Its author, Dr. David Gee, reports to the European Commission and the European Parliament. The report cautions the Government that...

Seanad: Coast Guard Stations: Statements (Resumed). (27 Feb 2008)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to speak on the Valentia Island marine rescue centre. I, too, honour the presence of the Ambassador of Spain, Dr. Jose de Carvajal, in the House today. He is here because the Valentia Island marine rescue centre is——

Seanad: Coast Guard Stations: Statements (Resumed). (27 Feb 2008)

Mark Daly: My apologies. Valentia Island marine rescue centre is the only one in Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales or France that can communicate with Spanish-speaking sailors when their vessels are in difficulty. That is why the Ambassador is in the House today. The 2002 Deloitte & Touche report made several recommendations for the new locations for marine rescue centres. The Minister responsible at...

Seanad: Coast Guard Stations: Statements (Resumed). (27 Feb 2008)

Mark Daly: Inside this document is another report from the Irish Coast Guard. If it is anything like a previous report in which the Coast Guard service supplied information we can be sure it will not be very accurate. In the report it is submitting to the Minister it has dropped the issue of the location of staff but continues to discuss infrastructure. Transmission Links Ireland, which has upgraded...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Mark Daly: I call for a discussion on Fairtrade. As we are in the middle of Fairtrade fortnight, it is important we discuss the part trade can play in the developing world. We, in the developed world, give over €100 billion each year to the Third World but it is estimated that we cost it three times that in our trade policies. The programme for Government seeks that all Departments secure and...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Mark Daly: I rise to support my colleague on the other side of the House, Senator Coghlan, in respect of Valentia and the debate on the issue which I hope will be brought forward next week. The report to which he refers was incompetent at best and, at worst, contained lies. It was written by Department officials and supported by the Irish Coast Guard with information it supplied. That information was...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Mark Daly: They referred to the Eircom connection being inadequate, which was refuted by Eircom, as my learned colleague on the opposite side of the House stated. They said the staff did not live within the county, which was untrue, and referred to the buildings being inadequate, which again was false. Last year, Valentia Island was involved in almost half of all the emergency calls to the Irish Coast...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Mark Daly: If we close Valentia coastguard station, the lives of Irish men and Spanish fishermen will be put at risk. I call on the Leader to provide time for a debate as soon as possible.

Seanad: Millennium Development Goal: Motion (13 Feb 2008)

Mark Daly: I hope Senator Norris does not end up biting Senator Mullen at any stage.