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- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: I wish to apologise for the fact that we had two unnecessary votes. The issue has been taken into account and that is the reason the motion was withdrawn.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)
Dan Boyle: Had I been available at the time, I would have been able to explain to the matter to the House. I offer my apologies for not being able to do so and for any subsequent unnecessary votes.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Dan Boyle: There is a possibility that legislation will be introduced in the Dáil today and this House will be called to examine it later. As it is likely to be on the content of the issue that exercised many Members on the Order of Business and in the debate to date, I would not like to contribute much to that until we have that debate. Given that we had been scheduled to debate the economy today,...
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Dan Boyle: I was about to address that point. That is a statistical quirk. As they release their second quarter figures I believe we will see half a dozen countries in the euro zone in recession within the next number of months.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Dan Boyle: I would argue it is about the difference between genders as to which one gets drunk first and who sobers up first. The reality is that we stand on the strength that we gained through our economic experience. I appeal to all Members of this House to recognise that, given the global context of what we are involved in, we cannot rely on outside assistance to get us out of these difficulties....
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: It is important that we should not prejudge the debate that will take place later today. However, it is also important that the concerns raised by Members be placed on record and form the basis of the wider debate that is likely to occur this evening. To date, I have not heard anyone state that there is no risk in what is being proposed. There is an undoubted risk. However, what the...
- Seanad: European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: It is easy to be jingoistic in terms of a belief in our own policing and judicial system, saying it is better than other judicial systems of policing in that it cannot be improved upon. As an island nation perhaps we are more guilty in this area than others. We are discussing changes in judicial co-operation on civil and commercial matters in the European Union in terms of information and...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: I welcome the Bill, which will add significantly to existing legislation relating to housing. It points to how such legislation might be further improved. I do not believe the Bill is meant to be comprehensive in any way. It adds to existing legislative provision but there is no doubt that much needs to be added to it by way of amendment in order to improve it. The debates on the Bill in...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: Threshold, of course.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: Threshold is very active in Cork and in other parts of the country. The Make Room campaign tries to place a particular focus on homelessness. This Bill does not refer to homelessness but it should do so. I hope amendments along those lines will be favourably received.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: The Bill will be changed in several ways, believe me.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: That is the nature of the legislative process and that is why we are having this debate. Irish legislation is already well advanced in having a legal definition of homelessness. That does not exist in many other jurisdictions. When examining legislation of this type, we need to ask whether that definition is broad and effective enough and whether this is an appropriate place to deal with...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: It is not in the Bill because it is still subject to legal advice from the Attorney General. The Minister will explain why when the Bill goes through both Houses but it remains a commitment of his and I put it on the record as such.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: On those grounds, I welcome the Bill.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: The amendments are outside.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: At this ungodly hour of the morning we need to ask ourselves how we got to where we are now. It has resulted from a combination of factors, mainly the global situation and partially the situation in which we find ourselves in this country. We are in a position, not unlike that in other jurisdictions, to present to other countries an alternative and a response that is unique. The Government...
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: There is one flaw in this amendment, but it is more of an irony. The National Treasury Management Agency is one of the few sectors of the public service whose members' own salaries are not publicly revealed, because a certain type of person must be attracted to the job owing to the specialist nature of the work. For this reason it is thought better to keep the salaries secret. It would be...
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: We live in interesting times in the Chinese sense of the word. We have made a very emphatic decision here, one in which we can take some pride that we have carried out our role effectively as legislators. I thank all those who have assisted us in doing that, the staff of the House, the Cathaoirleach for his patience and forbearance, the Minister for spending all his time in this all-night...
- Seanad: Visit of Belgian Delegation (7 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: I welcome the visiting delegation from the Brussels Regional Parliament, which is led by Eric Tomas, President of the Parliament. On my own behalf and on behalf of all my colleagues in Seanad Ãireann, I extend a warm welcome to you and sincere good wishes for a very successful visit.
- Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)
Dan Boyle: I hear what Senator O'Toole is saying and from the point of view of veracity it should be checked out. I am not sure whether precedents exist in terms of the committees we have established in this Oireachtas. We set up a committee on children's rights, which is part of the workload of the existing committee on the Constitution, and put aside a separate membership of thatââ