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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: Several Senators raised the remarks made by Mr. Justice Carney on victim impact statements. While there are necessary constraints between the Judiciary and the Government, it is obvious that the judge was referring to the impact of victims' statements and the issue should be widely debated. We should be grateful to the judge for raising the issue. It was raised in a precise and rational...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: The amendment will not be opposed.

Seanad: Burma: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Michael Kitt, on his first visit to this House, congratulate him on his new position and thank him for making time available to participate in the debate.

Seanad: Burma: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: With this motion the House speaks with one voice in expressing its strong support for the efforts of the Government to date. We are in line with most free-thinking countries regarding what should happen, but we wonder what will change. After the headlines fade away, there is a danger of slipping back into the same situation as that seen after 1988 when the Burmese people tried to make their...

Seanad: Burma: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: At 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 October.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: I would like to be associated with the words of congratulations to Cardinal-elect Seán Brady on his accession and to Ms Anne Enright for winning the Man Booker prize. Ms Enright's success, in particular, is notable, given that she is the third Irish author to win this prestigious award in a number of years. The prescience of the Arts Council, too, is noteworthy for distributing copies of...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: No, he did not.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: That is not what he said.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: I was talking about the last two years.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: We have not.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: We have not said that either.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: I would like to know Fine Gael's policy position.

Seanad: Serious Crime: Motion (17 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: There is always a danger in debates about crime when politicians and even political parties put themselves forward as being the politician or political party most in favour of law and order. Nobody in public life is opposed to the law being properly applied and nobody in public life believes chaos and anarchy is preferable to order. The danger is if a person or party is put on a particular...

Seanad: Waste Management Policy (17 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: I am grateful to the Minister, Deputy Gormley, for coming to the House this evening to clarify the details of a recent significant move in Government waste disposal policy. I would like the Minister to put in a broader context some statements he has made in recent weeks. I am glad he is in attendance to do so. He stated clearly a number of weeks ago that incineration no longer forms the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: I support the call by Senator O'Toole for a debate on energy related matters. The company in Galway which is working on the wave energy initiative, Ocean Energy, is Cork-based but it is carrying out its tests in Galway.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: We are far too passive in Cork. Apparently the waters do not bob up and down enough. The Senator's second issue in regard to refuse was one on which the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government went to great pains to point out as Government policy in the House last evening. I would appreciate if Senator O'Toole explained that concept to some Members on the other side of...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: They find it difficult to understand the concept. In regard to the call for a debate on the green paper on pensions, which I called for yesterday, and which was called for today by Senator Hannigan, the sooner the better such a debate takes place because there are wide-ranging issues included in the green paper that are worthy of further discussion.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: I will try to achieve a seamless flow for the next eight minutes.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: As the Chairman has pointed out, we are making statements rather than engaging in detailed debate, but the statements afford us the opportunity to outline the success and value of inward investment to our economy, as the Minister of State has already done. However, they also afford us the opportunity to point out some of the difficulties that may lie ahead and for which we need to prepare....

Seanad: Treaty of Amsterdam: Motion (18 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: The need for a common approach to social security and social insurance throughout the EU is necessitated by the principle of free movement of labour and it is the corollary to one of the cornerstones of the EU and its institutions. There are times when its application might have a negative effect and have a higher cost than had been anticipated but because it is based on the corollary...