Results 1,061-1,080 of 8,318 for speaker:Mark Daly
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)
Mark Daly: Amendments Nos. 1 to 15, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed. Amendment No. 1 is in the name of Senator Boyhan.
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)
Mark Daly: On the amendments the Senator tabled that were ruled out of order, the relevant section can be discussed when we put the question. Those issues can then be raised under the section.
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)
Mark Daly: We are checking whether that letter-----
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)
Mark Daly: I am sure the letter was sent but we will find out.
- Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)
Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Seanad today on this important topic. As he outlined, the incidence of this in underage sport is unacceptable. I thank Senator Cassells for his great work on this topic, and for the report that he and the committee have put together. It is important that recommendations and the issues raised in it are addressed. I thank the Minister of State...
- Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)
Mark Daly: I thank colleagues for their contributions. One of the suggestions was with regard to sports capital funding. The issue of code of conduct was also mentioned. One of the lessons from other codes of conduct and initiatives is that if it is not being measured, it is not being done. We have an annual report in terms of how much abuse is reported by referees to make sure we are tracking what...
- Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)
Mark Daly: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)
Mark Daly: I thank the witnesses for the presentation and for all their work in this area. I came across a number of quotes many years ago by a colleague of theirs, Dr. John Bradley, and I thought they were very appropriate to the discussion we are having. One related to the lack of facts. He said that in Northern Ireland, along with everything else being disputed, even the economic facts are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)
Mark Daly: Are there lessons there for us in relation to Germany and the national development plan?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2023)
Mark Daly: Before I ask the Leader to outline the Order of Business, I wish to welcome the students from St. Fintan's National School, Sutton. They are most welcome to Seanad Éireann and I hope they enjoy their stay. I have no doubt they will behave themselves. I think there is a Standing Order - I will have to check with the Clerk - that any school that comes to Seanad Éireann has no...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2023)
Mark Daly: I call Senator Malcolm Byrne.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2023)
Mark Daly: I call Senator McDowell.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2023)
Mark Daly: Before I call the next Senator, I welcome the sixth class students of Dulargy Mixed National School, Ravensdale, County Louth who are visiting Seanad Éireann today. Senator McGahon spoke to me earlier and proposed that there should be no homework for the rest of the week. I would like to support that proposal. I hope that the teachers, Alison Matthews and Eimear McGuinness, will abide...
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner (9 May 2023)
Mark Daly: I thank the Commissioner for attending and addressing a wide range of topics. The early 1970s saw significant changes in Ireland - the change from feet to metres, decimalisation and joining the Common Market. Regarding decimalisation, my father was an assistant bank manager in Abbeyfeale and used to have to go out to places like Brosna and Knocknagoshel. When he was explaining...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)
Mark Daly: I think all colleagues would join with me in welcoming great friends of Richie Neal here tonight, including Dave, Christina, Pat and Stephen Keeney. The Keeneys are from Springfield but they have the distinction of having the first ever fundraiser for Richie Neal when he was running for city council.Everyone is your friend when you are at the very top but when you are starting out, it is...
- Seanad: Distinguished Visitors (4 May 2023)
Mark Daly: Before starting, I welcome visitors from St. Cronan’s National School in Swords. They are most welcome. I hope they enjoy Seanad Éireann and some of them come back at some stage in the future as Senators or TDs. I would advocate for the Senate. As an official resolution of the Seanad, I announce that they will have no homework for the rest of the week. Let us see how the...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)
Mark Daly: Recommendations Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)
Mark Daly: Recommendation No. 3 in the names of Senators Higgins and Ruane has been ruled out of order as it is not relevant to the subject matter of the Bill.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)
Mark Daly: Recommendations Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)
Mark Daly: Is the recommendation being pressed?