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Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Where?

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: I was right of course.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: The taskforce on active citizenship released its report today. The Minister should read it. Public confidence in politics is very low.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: I did not say that. It should not be the sole criteria.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: I have learned from the Minister's combative style.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: It is based on experience. How many party members has the Minister appointed?

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: That is an interesting idea.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: We are working on it.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Is this a new principle from the Minister? I would like to see him give some of his time.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: This is not the House of Commons.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: I thank those Members who have contributed to the debate, particularly the Minister for Finance. I admit yesterday I was discouraged on hearing the contribution of the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon. He represents the junior partner in the Government, a party which set out to break the mould in politics but has ended up supping from the bowl more deeply than...

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: The report states there is widespread disenchantment with the quality of public life. That is feeding down to the way people contribute to normal community and civic life.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Until we are prepared to grasp this as a problem, it will only be perpetuated. The first action must be to recognise 600 public and State bodies and 6,000 appointments need to be rationalised. The Green Party's proposed public appointments unit would have this as its first task. An appointments procedure must be open, transparent and encourage public confidence. The current system does...

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: If they are public bodies——

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: They must properly reflect the society they represent. The Minister cannot pretend the way in which current public bodies are appointed and their composition properly reflect society. Instead, they represent particular slanted interests.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Until we have a system that goes beyond this, the slanted interests system will remain in perpetuity. I would like to respond to some of the criticisms of the Bill, some of which were valid. The point of a Second Stage debate is to accept the concept of a Bill and to let it proceed to Committee Stage, on which amendments can be accepted that will improve the Bill. We propose that...

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: ——will have to seriously consider these types of reforms.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Otherwise the party on this bench, and expecting to be on the benches opposite in a number of weeks' time——

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: ——will not offer that level of support. I ask the House to support this Bill.

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: We object to the way the Tánaiste legislates.