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- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: Many decades.
- Seanad: Chemicals Bill 2008: Second Stage (3 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: I, too, welcome the Bill. It is particularly welcome that a European Union directive and regulation, which stems from Parliament decisions from 2006 and Council decisions from 2007, is being inserted in Irish law so quickly. Unfortunately, this has not always been the case, particularly when the directives have had at least some degree of an environmental undertone to them. While this Bill...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on housing. It is proposed that No. 1 will be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business to conclude not later than 5.45 p.m. Spokespersons may speak for ten minutes, all other Senators for eight minutes and Senators may share time with the agreement of the House. The Minister will be called ten minutes before the end of the debate for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: Is the Senator asking me a question?
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: The Senator should have some perspective.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: And we do not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: On the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Fitzgerald to debate the economy, on which Senators Bacik, Doherty, Coffey, Buttimer and Mullen have also commented, we are having a debate on the economy tomorrow in the form of statements and it is not in order to offset the Order of Business to have a special debate today as well. That said, many of us are waiting with...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: We will wait and see what is proposed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: We are concerned here with a spending adjustment of â¬450 million out of a budget of â¬53 billion.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: The actual spending in 2008 will be along the same lines as 2007.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: The situation in which the country finds itself, particularly in terms of public expenditure, is not the preferred course. However, the way to look to our future economic development is through reasoned debate rather than through constant belligerence.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: This House deserves better than finger pointing and name calling.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: It deserves better than a Greek chorus of constant sloganising. There are those in the House who are willing in such a debate and I look forward to tomorrow's debate as an opportunity to consider how we progress in that area. Senator Fitzgerald also asked about the Aarhus Convention, which is in the programme for Government. It is intended to implement it as quickly as possible. There are...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: ââand an order will be signed to that effect, hopefully in the months to come. Last Thursday Senator Fitzgerald asked about the position on the EU directive on environmental liability. This will be a part of the Environmental (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill to be published in the autumn. Senator Fitzgerald also raised the matter of the newspaper report about Haulbowline Island, the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: The question of information is not an issue of contention. All information will be made publically available.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: This issue concerning the contract is separate. There is correspondence from the Chief State Solicitor about those who were asked to stop work and refused to do so. The work they were doing was causing an environment hazard. That is the nature of the dispute.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: The information will be made publicly available.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: It has been made available already; the 2005 report was made available last week. This will be followed by the 2002 report.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: It will also be followed by the 1995 report, which informed us of the sale of Irish Ispat, a company sold for â¬1 with no environmental responsibility whatsoever.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: The company was given a five year derogation from compliance with an integrated pollution licence. That is the type of information that will inform this debate in future. Senator Quinn raised the matter of food shortages and spoke of the other side of the coin in that regard. He spoke of the developed world and the shocking statistic that 20% of the world's population consume 80% of the...