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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: ——and ask questions about a system of which I suspect they have little knowledge.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Mark Daly: Most of their time would be spent in the Blackrock Clinic, not in the accident and emergency departments of our hospitals.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State. He is responsible for this important sector of the Irish food industry. We would be fooling ourselves if we were to believe that Ireland can compete with countries like Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina when it comes to food production. We do not have the economies of scale that exist in the United States. We do not have the factory farms that are probably...

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: In that case, I will mention him by name. The chairman of the group, Councillor Johnny "Porridge" O'Connor, is doing good work. I hope the porridge in question is organic. He is trying to encourage hotels and restaurants in County Kerry to offer an organic menu. That would be an example of added value. People often come to County Kerry for the food. They get great food in Kenmare and...

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: That is fine. I will cede the floor.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: I move: That Seanad Éireann acknowledges and welcomes international endorsement of the Government's overseas aid programme. Much of the debate on the overseas aid budget is concentrated on the commitment to reach the target of 0.7% of gross national product by 2012. Sweden, when it experienced economic difficulty in 1992 and had to consider restructuring its banking system after its...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: We are taking our cue from Sweden and other countries. While we would demand more for less, we have no doubt that a cut in budget has an effect on other people. We do not want to be the Lord Trevelyans of this time. However, what is more pressing than overseas aid budgets, as our learned friends in the NGOs are aware, is our trade policies with developing countries. These have a more...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

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Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

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Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: The Senator is referring to me.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: Senator Buttimer mentioned my reference to Sweden but he did not say what I said it did when it cut back on its aid budget in 1992.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: The Senator should stick to the facts.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: The facts are that Sweden cut back------

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: Is George Lee against the move to Limerick?

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: If the Fine Gael candidate is against the move to Limerick we would like to hear about it. As election agent, what is his position on the move to Limerick?

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: I often agree with my learned colleague, Senator O'Toole. As he is also from County Kerry, it is often hard to disagree with him. He cannot be accused of rambling, even if he suggested that he rambled a little in his contribution. I agree that there is some merit in elements of the Fine Gael amendment. I remind those who have called for these cuts to be reversed that we are obviously in...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: I do not know. I do not have my crystal ball with me tonight.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Mark Daly: Of course there will be elections between now and then. I suppose we will have to go for re-election at some stage. I commend the motion to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Mark Daly: I remember a comment made to me two years ago by a priest when there was an emergency meeting of his order about a child abuse case that had come to light. He was relaying a comment made by another priest of the order to the effect the order would be all right; not that it would look after the children or ensure they would get help, but that the institution and the religious order would be...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Mark Daly: -----that could help vulnerable children. We cannot provide those services because we must pay for past abuses. CORI and the religious orders continue to perpetuate the abuse of children because we cannot afford to help the vulnerable. I look forward to tomorrow's debate, of which there should be at least five such debates. CORI is so out of touch with the people that it does not realise...