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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...

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

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

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: 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: 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: 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...