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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: On a point of order, that is not a question.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: It is a point of order. The Senator is supposed to put a question.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: That does not sound like a question to me.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: I think the Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: Is this the Jerry show?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: The House of Lords.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: I congratulate Senator Regan's mother on her fantastic achievements. Those achievements explain why the Senator is as good as he is at what he does.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: I take on board Lord Mullen's point with regard to his suggestion that the Seanad might become more like the House of Lords. I know what the Senator meant and I do not believe he wants to give up the Republic just yet or is suggesting that we should rejoin the British Commonwealth. I am deeply concerned with an bord snip nua's proposal to get rid of Shannon Development. It is a serious...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to pursue the matter when an bord snip nua's report is published. I also ask that the Leader take up with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the issue of Eircom's provision of services to users in Kerry. In the 1970s, the Black Valley was famously the final area of the country to obtain access to electricity supplies. Mr. Tim O'Connor who lives in...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: Senator Kieran Phelan does not live in an area surrounded by mountains. Anyone who has ever visited the Black Valley will be aware that the mountains which surround the Gap of Dunloe are quite high.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: It beggars belief that Eircom would give someone who lives only a hop, skip and jump away from other users in the area a quote of €29,226 in respect of a connection to telephone services, particularly when one considers that many people are of the view that access to such services is a basic right.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: In cases of emergency, it is particularly relevant that such services are available.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: Will the Leader pursue this matter with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Daly: -----to discover whether anything can be done with regard to this outrageous bill?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to allow a debate on the report published last week by the United Nations on the situation in Gaza. One of those involved in this investigation was Colonel Desmond Travers, a retired Army officer. The report concluded that the Israeli forces engaged in war crimes and human rights abuses in Gaza. The European Union has a preferential trade agreement with Israel, Article 2...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Mark Daly: It does not make up for 1982 but it was a great night in Glenbeigh and Glencar. The team captain, Darren O'Sullivan, received a hero's welcome. This was Kerry's 33rd victory out of 53 All-Ireland final appearances.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Oct 2009)

Mark Daly: In answer to the Senator's question as to why we are discussing this Bill now, all legislation needs updating and there are some provisions in the Bill which are most welcome, such as section 23. I have come across several couples who received planning permission in recent years but whose economic circumstances have changed, for example, one or both spouses may have lost their jobs, such...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Oct 2009)

Mark Daly: I also wish to join with my Seanad colleagues in paying tribute to Tony Kett, who was on the Administrative Panel with me. In the words of Yeats, "Think where man's glory most begins and ends, ... my glory was I had such friends". I am sure the former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, would agree with Yeats that his glory was that he had Tony Kett as a confidant and close adviser. All...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Mark Daly: I welcome the release of Fr. Sinnott and join Senator Leyden, whose speech was cut all too short, in looking for a debate on how we should commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. I ask the Leader to bring the Minister into the House to discuss the bureaucracy which prevents job creation by excessive Government regulation and unnecessary red tape. A recent report I commissioned...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Mark Daly: In a boatyard in Valentia, 20 jobs await the withdrawal of a planning objection by two people who do not even live on the island. They come there for four weeks a year, yet they are objecting to the creation of 20 badly needed jobs on the island. Even the Government procurement processes and criteria for tendering Government jobs is such-----