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Seanad: Business of Seanad (20 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (20 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: It is significant that we are debating the Appropriation Bill today because the Dáil chooses not to debate it every year and because we have an early day motion — one of the functions of the Seanad — to facilitate this important legislation connected with the budget. It gives us an opportunity to examine details on which previous speakers have commented. The most pertinent theme,...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith, to the House.

Seanad: The 70th Anniversary of the Constitution: Statements (30 Jan 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is proper that the upper House takes this opportunity to mark the 70th anniversary of Bunreacht na hÉireann given that it is a creature of that document. We need to use this opportunity to examine in a positive and, in so far as we can, critical way the value of the basic law of the country. It is our second constitution since independence. A close debate took place on whether the...

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is important the agreed all-party motion gives equality of importance to the issues of alcohol misuse and illegal drug use. In the past we have tended to portray the situation in regard to illegal drug use as a crisis while the abuse and use of alcohol has been seen as a minor problem and some type of local difficulty. The reality is that alcohol, as a legal drug, contributes to most...

Seanad: Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (31 Jan 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is opportune to have this debate so soon after the Seanad addressed the issue. In the interim there have been several important international events that require comment to put in context the international debate on climate change. The first was the United Nations conference in Bali, which excited a good deal of media attention, not all favourable. The Irish contribution to that was...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the national spatial strategy, which will help us to identify key projects for which resources can be provided, such as the Cork docklands project or the Limerick city regeneration project.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is important to have such a debate, while not pre-empting any debate on the Finance Bill, which will be a debate about the contents of that Bill, rather than its omissions. I would be happy to discuss such finer points at any opportunity. I only hope that when we discuss the Finance Bill, all Members of the House will inform themselves about the budgetary process and have an...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: ——must undergo a certain level of EU approval.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: One particular scheme which I would like to see happen in the Cork docklands area would need such approval. The scheme would precipitate immediate development and involves giving assistance to IAWS to move from the Cork docklands to a new, greenfield site. Much remediation work will be needed on the site in the docklands, which is a listed Seveso contaminated site. For any development to...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: ——thing that needs to happen is the development of this particular area. I am confident the Minister for Finance understands and supports this and will be introducing necessary measures. To do that, we must obtain approval from the EU and I am also confident in that regard. The task force members of the Cork docklands project are fully behind the Government. We need this debate...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I did not know I had been silent, particularly this week. It may be in order in the relatively short term to have a debate on the question of privilege, once the High Court has adjudicated on particular matters. The use of privilege by Members of both Houses of the Oireachtas is a matter that needs to be debated in 2008. There is an onus on all of us to find out how and when it is used,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I respect the Cathaoirleach's ruling.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I am not talking about an individual tribunal. In wider debates on this issue, Members should be consistent on whether they think tribunals should continue, close or whether the matters being determined by them should be decided by them or in these Chambers. That is the problem.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I would like a debate on aviation policy because if matters are not resolved regarding the ongoing debt at Cork Airport linked to its new terminal, it has been threatened that the future management of the airport will come under the auspices of the Dublin Airport Authority, which is contrary to a programme for Government commitment to work towards the independent management of both Cork and...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: The Senator is not yet 35.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: There has been a general welcome for the Bill, as there should be, and it is about time as it is informed by international law such as the conventions of the UN and of the Council of Europe. We have been tardy in recognising the existence and scale of the problem and the need for appropriate legislation to deal with it but, thankfully, the Legislature is dealing with this. The Bill was...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: For too long, the debate on waste in Ireland has been about the end of pipe solutions, that is, how one disposes of the waste that is created. In Ireland, we invariably have chosen the landfill option and rarely took into account properly the reason so much waste is produced in the first instance. The per capita amount of waste produced in Ireland often is twice that produced by many of our...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I agree with the sentiments expressed by Senator White. We should also take the opportunity to welcome the fact that the commission on taxation has now been established. It is the first such commission to be established for over two decades. As a House of the Oireachtas, we should, in general terms, allow it to get on with its work. It is due to report in September 2009. We will have...

Seanad: Control of Exports Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I welcome the inclusion of this amendment, its passage in Dáil Éireann and it being reported to Seanad Éireann. This amendment was recommended by the Green Party and I am glad that the Minister has seen fit to include it in the Bill. It is important that we have internal compliance procedures for licence holders and it is important that those procedures be mandatory. It is also...