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Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: Amendment No. 7 is in the name of Senators Higgins, Ruane, Black and Flynn. Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 8. Amendments Nos. 7 to 10, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 18, 45 and 46 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: I agree with my colleague on the issue around commercial rates, which is a 19th-century tax in a 21st-century world. We need to look at different ways for our local authorities to raise funds that do not put people out of business, which is what is happening in Kerry and other parts of the world. There are the issues around pension auto-enrolment and the increase in wages, which is welcome,...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. I congratulate you on your elevation to high office and thank you for coming to the Seanad. You always came in when you were a Minister of State. It is great to see you back in here as a Cabinet Minister. We wish you every success in your new role. I ask the Acting Leader to move the suspension of the House until 3.20 p.m.

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: School Enrolments: Motion (17 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for outlining the work that has been done and continues to be done by the Government. I thank my colleague, Senator Fiona O’Loughlin, for tabling this motion on school placements. I note that some Senators talked about students going into schools that are already overcrowded, but I think their preference is to go to the schools where their friends are and are in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: I join with the Cathaoirleach and colleagues in paying tribute to former Senator and councillor Richard Dowling. I thank him and his family for his service to the State, his county and the people he represented over many years both in his political life and teaching life and through his love of sport. We express our deepest sympathies to his wife, his sons and daughters and his extended family.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: Amendments Nos. 9 to 11, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: Is that agreed?

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: Will the Senators claiming a division please rise?

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: As fewer than five Members have risen, I declare the question carried. In accordance with Standing Order 61, the names of the Senators dissenting will be recorded in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Seanad.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Mark Daly: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Daly: The debate will follow the normal patterns. The Minister has ten minutes, group spokespersons have ten minutes and all other Senators have five minutes.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State. I now call Senator Murphy.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Daly: I welcome Deputy Devlin and his guests, Rebecca and Daniel Knapp, to the Public Gallery. They are most welcome and I thank them for coming. I call the Minister of State to respond.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Daly: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Daly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Daly: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Teachtaireachtaí ón Dáil - Messages from Dáil (5 Mar 2024)

Mark Daly: Dáil Éireann has passed, on 28 February 2024, the Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired. Dáil Éireann has agreed, on 28 February 2024, to the amendments made by Seanad Éireann to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (5 Mar 2024)

Mark Daly: I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Malcolm Byrne - The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on the use of schools as the primary venues for polling centres in elections and referendums and if alternatives could be considered. Senator John Cummins - The need for the...