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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Dan Boyle: I will also rule myself out of contesting that election. However, I am open to contesting any future elections that might happen in the cities of Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford, which will follow under subsequent legislation. The question of the balance between the elected mayor and existing city managers will be dealt with in that legislation. Senator O'Toole and others spoke about...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Dan Boyle: Over five years there was a decrease but over last year there was an increase.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Dan Boyle: If I am given the opportunity to speak Senator Norris will understand that I am not necessarily disagreeing with the Senator. As Senator Ross pointed out, there is a need for a debate in the House on the report, the nature of freedom of information and whether the legislation can be extended. The number of bodies covered by it has been extended and there is a belief among Members of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Dan Boyle: I hope that recommendation by the committee will be considered when the legislation comes to both Houses.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Dan Boyle: I would be happy to talk to Members outside the Chamber after the Order of Business. Senator Callely spoke about the area of unauthorised moneylending and the need to provide resources for the money advice and budgeting service, MABS. We have had recent legislation to improve the effectiveness and administration of MABS. That request should be brought to the relevant Minister as being...

Seanad: European Asylum Support Office: Motion (30 Apr 2009)

Dan Boyle: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out in the Treaty of Amsterdam, to notify the President of the Council that it wishes to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council...

Seanad: Gangland Crime: Statements (30 Apr 2009)

Dan Boyle: As Senator Bacik stated, the context and even the language of this debate is very important. The term "gangland crime" lends itself to what some might see as a glamorised or romanticised vision of desperadoes taking on an establishment. The reality is that these elements in society, outside their use of arms, have intimidation as their chief weapon in enforcing their will on reluctant...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (6 May 2009)

Dan Boyle: This welcome legislation is a reaction to the sad events that have occurred in Irish business, banking and commercial life in the last year. As a direct response to the types of abuses we have seen it is, by definition, narrow in focus. I accept Senator O'Toole's argument that there are broader areas to examine. There will be an opportunity to examine some of them in the course of the...

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (6 May 2009)

Dan Boyle: The motion tabled by the Independent Members of the House is very valuable. It gives an opportunity for a very broad-ranging debate. Much of its content is supportive of work that is already being done. It is necessary to appreciate the work that needs to be done from this point onwards to realise the potential which I believe everyone in this House recognises exists. I note that from...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Second Stage (21 May 2009)

Dan Boyle: The Property Services (Regulation) Bill follows the establishment in 2004 of the Auctioneering/Estate Agency Review Group. It is hoped the five-year gestation period means that suitable consideration has been given to the contents of the Bill which contain much detail on its intent. It is especially apt that we are considering a Bill of this nature at this stage of the economic cycle and...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2009 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (28 May 2009)

Dan Boyle: In the times in which we live, the distinctions between politics and political parties are becoming ever more blurred. As politics moves increasingly towards the centre the traditional ways of defining policies as right wing and left wing are becoming more irrelevant. The distinctions in politics today are exemplified by the election of President Barack Obama, and are the politics of hope...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2009 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (28 May 2009)

Dan Boyle: Senator McCarthy can go for the soundbite time and again.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2009 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (28 May 2009)

Dan Boyle: The reality is that any of the measures one seeks to change will mean the introduction of an alternative measure that has the same effect. I tire of hearing soundbite politics and talk of bailouts to sectoral interests. Exactly the same policies are being instituted in every other country in the western world. The reality is that if we do not have a financial services sector, we will not...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: This Bill is a sincere attempt to manage the fine line that exists in terms of maintaining and improving public confidence in our judicial system while protecting the entitlement of individual citizens to have their rights properly assessed in any court case. The Minister was assisted in producing this Bill by the recommendations of the balance in criminal law review group. Other speakers...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: This Bill is undoubtedly a major improvement on what obtained heretofore. It has had a very difficult gestation. The preceding Bill was rightly found to have legal flaws and the subsequent court decision informed what is a better Bill. That said, it is not widely accepted and Age Action, the umbrella organisation for groups representing older people, has said it remains opposed to the...

Seanad: Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Dempsey, to the House. Amendment No. 1, which is a Government amendment, has also been tabled in the names of Senators Ryan, Alex White, McCarthy, Prendergast and Hannigan. I ask Senator Ryan to move the amendment.

Seanad: Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are related and are to be discussed together, by agreement.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: There is no glossing over the fact this has been a difficult set of elections for the Green Party-Comhaontas Glas. It is part of the maturing of any political party to experience election success and also deep failures. It was the lot of Fine Gael in the 2002 general election and the Labour Party in the 1997 and 1987 general elections. We live in an era of pendulum politics where large...

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: They enjoy the circumstances in which the country finds itself and they want the Government to suffer through them.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: If the challenge were really given to the Opposition, within 18 months of being in power they would find themselves in the same position as this Government.