Results 121-140 of 300 for long speaker:Mark Daly

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Thank you, Senator, for your contribution. Hopefully, you will visit Kerry soon. I will be up in Derry at some stage again. I was canvassing there not so long ago. I will not say for whom as I do not want to be political on the issue. Senator Blaney talked about the new unit in the Taoiseach's Department working on the shared island. That is something on which we could all work together.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Byrne for his work. I am aware that he is passionate about higher education because it is a field he has worked in.If anyone wants to know about Senator Byrne's long campaign over the past two years, I believe the only office he has not run for is President. President Higgins had better watch out. I could be wrong, but I believe the final speaker is Senator Seery Kearney.

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister I apologise again for delaying her for so long on her first day here. We will endeavour to do better the next time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Minority Sports and Women's Participation in Sport: Discussion. (11 Dec 2019)

Mark Daly: ...sports. There is no requirement on organisations that are given money. We got around the London Irish one by saying that because we got lottery funding we would have to allow them on the pitch as long as they did not bring a ball and suddenly a ball appeared. However, there is discrimination against women within their own sports. Does it happen in hockey where the men's association...

Seanad: Transport and Sport: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

Mark Daly: ..., through his officials, might be able to clarify this. The per capitacapacity in a county such as Leitrim is obviously fairly low. It is welcome that the scoring mechanism is online and no longer very secretive. Finding out how to get points under the sports capital programme was like trying to decipher the third secret of Fatima. If an organisation is from a small county or small...

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: ...I would be grateful if the Minister of State would address those issues and if his Department would review Ireland Reaching Out, which was a great initiative. For approximately €6 million in the long term, every parish on the model of the Tidy Towns would be able to benefit from tourism whereas this plan would not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: ...too, pay tribute to the families who have in the most awful of circumstances given the gift of life to complete strangers. I pay tribute to the late Senator Feargal Quinn who championed this case long before it was popular, and long before people were aware of the consequences of not having a functioning organ donation system, which we currently do not have because this legislation is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: ...who needed them. That is how we will save the health system money and it should be the aim of every health committee. It is possible to achieve it through this legislation because people wait too long for a transplant under the current system. Does Professor Egan know the number of people who died having been taken off a transplant list because they had become too ill while waiting for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: ...Houses of Commons in 2017. This is not something it has just dreamt up; this is something it has been planning. It proposes to have customs checks and infrastructure on a border that is 499 km long and has between 308 and 310 crossings, which means a crossing approximately every mile. Let us bear in mind that between the European Union and all the countries to the east of it, there are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: ...of both his Department and the Government, and what was being done on that was that it would be dealt with when the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland called the referendum. As we know from Brexit, long-term planning and engagement are required well in advance of holding a referendum. The lesson from Brexit in Ireland's case is that one should not call a referendum and then try to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Mark Daly: ...is clearly not learning the lessons of Brexit. It will only take action when the referendum is called. We all know that a referendum, particularly on the issue of unifying Ireland, requires long-term engagement, indeed, years of engagement, and not just when the Secretary of State calls a referendum. That would only give us months. Finally, I will refer to the Taoiseach's statement in...

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

Mark Daly: ...Senator Marshall has said, those recommendations should be grouped on the basis of timelines - those which could be done immediately, those which could be done in the medium term and those which could be done in the long term - and responsibility for implementing them should be allocated to specified bodies. Rather than merely setting out recommendations, all reports which contain...

Seanad: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024: Statements (16 May 2019)

Mark Daly: ...earnings of people with disabilities in employment comprise a cause of concern. One should bear in mind that the female population does not have pay parity either. Therefore, the Government has a long way to go to ensure everybody, regardless of gender or ability, has pay parity. Fianna Fáil was the first party to come up with a comprehensive Government strategy to ensure an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: ..., look at what Croke Park manages to do with regard to ladies' football on the one day of the year it is the biggest sporting event for women. Equal treatment is required. In fairness, the GAA has come a long way but it has not come all the way. We cannot have the national ladies' football team handing over tracksuits in an airport. I hope that the issue of gender equality on the board...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: ...loads of women throughout our organisation, including spokespersons. Deputy Lisa Chambers is doing an excellent job on Brexit. I am sure if she were in Westminster, she would have sorted it out a long time ago, as would all of the women. As part of the governance review, the FAI should make sure the women's soccer team and all of the women who will, I hope, account for half of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: ...by Jonathan Hall Associates? Did the other 12 available accounts cumulatively contain €100,000? The FAI seems to have been anticipating a bill of €100,000. The bill was expected. For how long did the association know the €100,000 was hanging over it and that it did not have the money to meet the debt? What was the bill for? I know the witnesses will not tell us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: No, there was one cheque. The FAI got an email the day after it was looking for the money. There was one cheque and the FAI knew it was coming. For how long did it know it was coming? How long did it have to pay it? For how long was it legally obliged to pay it? The cheque was made available by the former CEO and lodged, ready to be used if it came down. Did it have to be paid by that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: I want to be clear on this. I am not asking who it was for; I am just asking under what category the expenditure was and how long were the terms of credit. Let us be honest-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: We are here to discuss this €100,000. It is the only issue and we do not know the simple answers to the question of how long the FAI had to pay that €100,000. Our guests do not know the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Daly: ...x20ac;100,000 paid back. They are not willing to tell us what category it fell under, broad and all as it is. I cannot see an answer as breaching data protection guidelines in any shape or form. For how long did the witnesses know the €100,000 was coming over the horizon and going to affect cash flow? As outlined, there are 24 accounts, 11 of which are for specific funding...