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Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (29 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I move: "That Standing Order 94A of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (6): '(6) The Standing Committee shall consist of nine members of Seanad Éireann and shall include the Party/Group Leaders or Whips, where feasible. In the absence of a Senator nominated to serve on the Committee the provisions of...

Seanad: Health Services (29 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I thank also the Minister of State for being present to take this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Government. The issue concerns health policy on the pre-treatment of children and aftercare, with particular reference to childhood diabetes. The first issue relating to pre-treatment concerns a vaccination programme and what seems to be an uneven spread of...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (4 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: Is the Senator "hear hearing" himself? I apologise, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (4 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: I wish to join the expressions of sympathy on the death of the former Member, Seán Keegan. Similar to other Members, his involvement in public life well preceded mine and it also preceded the foundation of my party. Politics in this country continues to evolve thanks to the contributions of people like Mr. Keegan. The eloquence with which the Leader opened these expressions of sympathy...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: I support the call by Senator O'Toole for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to articulate to the House the Government position on the continuing illegal captivity of Íngrid Betancourt, the leader of the Colombian Green Oxygen Party and a former member of the Colombian national assembly. Her situation has some relevance to Ireland because the arguments she was making in Colombia related not...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: For the past five years I have had the privilege of being an Opposition spokesperson responding to the speech of the Minister for Finance on budget day. It was a role I greatly enjoyed and I hope I performed it with the appropriate level of responsibility. I noted in several of those speeches the trend of recent budgets — the seven that had been produced by the previous Minister for...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: That was a single party's policy.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: Yes, there has been.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: It has been increased to cover 30 weeks.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Senator may make her remarks through the Chair.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: Will the Senator do so in less than one minute?

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: I call Senator de Búrca and remind her there are five minutes left in the debate before the Minister of State makes his concluding remarks.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: Is it agreed to share time, with Senator de Búrca having three minutes and Senator Healy Eames having two? Agreed.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Senator has exceeded her time.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Senator has 30 seconds.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Senator must conclude as she is encroaching on the time set aside for the Minister of State.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: I ask the Senator to conclude. Her concluding question has taken her to a further point.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: I thank Senators for raising the issue of Íngrid Betancourt, the leader of the Colombian Green Party. I support the calls made today and by Senator O'Toole informally after yesterday's intervention for an all-party motion on the issue. There is no need to reiterate that her captivity is unacceptable. Its manner and the stance she has taken in Colombia have resonance for our country's...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: I welcome yesterday's statements on the budget and the fact that the House was able to have such a debate within one hour of the Minister for Finance sitting down in Dáil Éireann. It was a valuable exercise and an attempt was made to extend the debate today, although I am surprised by some of the arguments. The budget involves an additional €1.7 billion in current expenditure, €900...