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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: ——that despite the current economic slowdown we still have growth rates which do not exist in other economies with levels of investment that deliver on infrastructure.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: However poor the situation might get over the next 18 months, there is a belief that if others were in Government, they would be worse.

Seanad: Lisbon Reform Treaty Report: Statements (5 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: On the Order of Business today I tried to articulate one of the reasons I am advocating a "Yes" vote in this referendum. My argument was that I had made arguments for rejecting previous treaties which were not accepted in previous referendum campaigns and one of the responsibilities of democracy is to accept the verdict of the people, move on and see how debates subsequently change. That is...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: Final solution? Please.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: That was Mr. John Bruton's phrase, and very successful it was.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: Rubbish. It is where the people live.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: The Senator cannot have it both ways.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: I propose a slight amendment to the Order of Business, "That leave be granted to introduce No. 13 prior to the taking of No. 1." I ask the Leader to respond to that proposal. I wish to raise the issue of a conference held in Portlaoise last week by a financial consultancy aimed at those who participate in sports clubs, particularly in urban areas. The focus of the conference was to...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: Supports are what it is all about. In response to Senator Regan's point and the question of attaining the climate change targets, he is right in what he said. The programme for Government refers to a 3% decrease on average in that regard. My opinion is that for the first half of the life of this Government we will be running to stand still and that perhaps we will not achieve any of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is the accumulation of measures that exist now and that will come on stream that will help us to achieve the target in the long run.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: It would help if we did not have contradictory positions by some in the Opposition parties.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: We hear some of that on the Order of Business here every day. We have declining tax revenues, yet some people say that certain taxes should be reduced. We cannot have it both ways.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: Senator Buttimer, I would like to have it one way for once.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is the luxury of Opposition that it can criticise the Government for unattained targets while at the same time promoting policies that are diametrically opposed to those targets ever being achieved. If we are to achieve our climate change targets, which we must because if we do not, there will be an economic as well as an environmental price to pay, it requires responsible Opposition. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: And the Senator is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: I aspire to be there. We will have leadership when we get there. I wish to raise a number of issues that are of great importance. I have raised this issue on two occasions since the Easter recess. We need an urgent debate on the economy and especially, as Senator Regan said, on how consumers in this country have been ripped off. Irrespective of whether the Leader agrees, rip-off Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: We can be patronised every day. Senator Phelan has a monopoly on patronising people.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: First Stage (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the law on mental health in relation to the use of involuntary procedures.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: First Stage (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is proposed to take it in Private Members' time next week.

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Dan Boyle: As with other speakers there is regret at the necessity for legislation of this type because its existence presumes a victory on the part of those who engage in terrorism and seek to use it as a political weapon. The Government has chosen to renew the legislation annually since the original passage of the Act. There is consensus in the House that this should be the case. A wider debate...