Results 2,101-2,120 of 4,085 for speaker:Dan Boyle
- Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)
Dan Boyle: There is no connection.
- Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)
Dan Boyle: The growth does not matter. The principle is the same.
- Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)
Dan Boyle: It is a fallacious argument because they have all decoupled. The Minister cannot hide behind that statistic.
- Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2007)
Dan Boyle: I wish to share time with my colleague Deputy Eamon Ryan. I generally welcome this Bill but despite its introduction and the proposal to set up this agency, consumer protection stands lower in Government priorities than it should do. While it is the responsibility of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment it does not feature in the title of his Department. It occupies a...
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: It already exists in the North.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: So that is our problem.
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the findings relating to Irish child poverty in the UNICEF report Report Card 7, Child Poverty in Perspective, An Overview of Child Well-being in Rich Countries. [8106/07]
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: Can the Minister refrain from his apples and oranges argument? This is an international study, a comparison of relative poverty rates.
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: Any reference the Minister makes to consistent poverty has nothing to do with my question. The UN body compared 25 industrial nations and Ireland ranked 22nd. Regardless of the direction of Government policy, and the Minister's answer admits it has been painfully slow, Ireland should not be in this position after ten years of economic growth. The measures that need to be implemented are...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: It has not changed that much.
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: Is the Minister's near obsession with the 2% figure not an exercise in spin, giving the impression that 2% poverty exists, with 98% of people not in poverty? Poverty is not an absolute measure but about lack of opportunity and societal disparities in wealth. Ireland remains one of the most unequal societies in Europe and is getting worse. What other measures has the Minister put in place...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: Can we make Ireland more normal or average?
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: Yes, but the effect of the Government's policies is to make them wider.
- Homemakers' Scheme. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: What is the Minister's opinion on the recent OECD report which suggested that the tax allowance for staying at home should be removed? What would the consequences be in terms of social welfare for people who choose to stay at home and care for their families or relatives? It is an important part of our tax system and the Minister should have a view on it.
- Homemakers' Scheme. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: I would have thought it has consequences for the social welfare budget.
- Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: It will only be 36% actually.
- Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: It must have been our submission.
- Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: It is 33% of gross average industrial earnings.
- Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: The Minister should be glad that someone reads them.
- Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)
Dan Boyle: Nobody is suggesting those pension increases can be achieved in one year. We should strive for a rate of 40% of gross average industrial earnings after one term of Government, 50% after two terms and the European average after three terms. Would it not be the case that the average increase in pensions in those terms would be in the region of â¬250 million to â¬350 million per year?