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

Mark Daly: Even a love bite would not be parliamentary behaviour by both parties. I welcome the contributions of Senators Mullen and Norris, which was enlightening for all of us. We have researched the issue but the speeches and interruptions were enlightening. It is good to have such debate in the House. I thank Senator Maurice Cummins for coming to an all-party agreement on the motion. I note...

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

Mark Daly: I move: That Seanad Éireann acknowledging The Millennium Development Goal committing us to reducing maternal mortality by 75 percent between 1990 and 2015 in developing countries, supports the Government on its commitment to this goal and its substantial contribution to the new UNFPA trust which will be used to support 75 of the poorest countries deliver better services for women before,...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Mark Daly: I am seeking a debate in the House in reaction to the Thatcherite tactics of the Health Service Executive in its negotiations with the pharmacists. If the HSE has its way many pharmacies in rural Ireland will be forced to closed. The Thatcherite tactics by the HSE have been exposed by the issuing of an interim contract on 9 January despite the express statement by the Government and the...

Seanad: Integration Policy: Statements (Resumed) (13 Dec 2007)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As a people, we do not have a happy history of integration at home or abroad. In rural Ireland the divide between town and country now seems a curiosity of a bygone age. The blow-in is well known in rural Ireland and in many places one can still be a blow-in 50 years after moving into an area. Indeed, three generations on, a family may still...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Mark Daly: I support Senator Quinn's call for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come to the House to discuss An Bord Pleanála and An Taisce, which is a blight for many people down the country in that it seems to have the ability to become a serial objector — in fact, it objects to pretty much everything in my part of the world. I would also like the Minister to answer...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)

Mark Daly: I support Senator Quinn and others in their call for a debate on active citizenship. It is a serious issue in a society whose citizens are generally devoid of time, because volunteerism is dependent on people giving freely of their time. Volunteerism is also dependent on the education system, which seems to be churning out economic units of activity, namely, employers and employees of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Mark Daly: I support Senators O'Toole and Ó Murchú in respect of the case in Saudi Arabia. Evil prospers when good men stay silent. If we stay silent, evil will prosper in this case. How have those in America and Britain who uphold democracy, and rabbit on about human rights in other countries, managed to stay silent in this case? Regardless of what they do, will the Leader ask the Minister for...

Seanad: Government's Irish Aid Strategy: Statements (13 Nov 2007)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will outline the scope of Ireland's current aid programme and examine some of the evolving trends in overseas development and how the measures outlined in the White Paper and programme for Government are embraced and facilitated in this regard. It is useful to begin by putting Ireland's overseas aid budget in perspective in terms of its size...

Seanad: Education and Training: Motion (24 Oct 2007)

Mark Daly: I second the motion. Thomas Jefferson, when speaking as President of the United States, stated that "If [one] expects [people] to be ignorant and free ... [one] expects what never was and never will be." This was true in his time and remains true today. While his remarks were made in the context of remaining free from foreign domination, education is still the key to freedom. It...

Seanad: Burma: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Hanafin for sharing time with me and I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I was amazed that on the second day this House sat a Member of the Opposition spoke aross the floor on the subject of Burma. The Member said the Seanad discussing the situation in Burma would have the same effect as us discussing the situation in Russia in the early 1900s. We must remember...

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Mark Daly: I will speak when it is again the turn of the Government Members.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister and the assistance he has given to Shannon and the mid-western region to bring back connectivity between that area and the wider world. I also welcome his future appointments to the board of Aer Lingus. I support Senator O'Toole in his call that the two appointees would come from the mid-western region in order that the interests of that area would be served and their...