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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: In terms of how it affects our balance of payments-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: We import cars. It does not help our economy in terms of our balance of payments. One needs to understand that.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: It affects our economy in terms of the people employed in the industry.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: Several Senators raised the issue of prison policy. Senators Healy Eames, Bacik, Ormonde, Hannigan and Mullen referred to the Amnesty report which could be a good basis for a debate. I agree with the views of Senators who spoke about the need to look at non-custodial sentences. I do not believe the value of a society can be measured by the number of people it locks up. It would be helpful...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: The need to build a new prison is as much about the need to replace unacceptable prison spaces and I hope that point will be made in any such debate. Senator Glynn spoke about the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come to the House to talk about planning enforcement and how unnecessary delays are having an impact on the local economy. That request...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: I said it would be difficult.

Seanad: Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: In the dark days of October 2008 the Government response of extending the guarantee to financial institutions was met with a knee-jerk reaction that it was wrong. In retrospect it can be seen as the right approach, not only in the settling effect it had domestically but also in the way it was accepted and built upon in other jurisdictions. Listening to the Bill being debated in the other...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: The essence of the march involving 5,000 people after the death of Mr. Roy Collins in Limerick was to express solidarity with the Collins family, particularly Roy's close family. In impassioned speeches given by Roy's father, Steve, and the then Mayor of Limerick, Mr. John Gilligan, it was clear many people were present to discover how circumstances could and should change through...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: That was never going to happen.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: The Senator is being totally insincere and he knows that.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I am tired of Senator Buttimer's reactions. He should find another chamber.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: Yesterday Report Stage of the Broadcasting Bill lasted for two hours in this House and ended without a division. The Broadcasting Bill was initiated in this House and was subject to many amendments, many of which came from the Opposition and were accepted. Amendments were made in both Houses. It proved an excellent example of how the Oireachtas should work. Any Bill that comes to these...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: The Bills before us today, especially the Local Government (Charges) Bill should be dealt with in exactly that way. If there are inconsistencies or a need for clarification or amendment I am sure the Minister will take that on board and take it from whatever source it is offered.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I was asked to appear on the RTE "Liveline" programme yesterday but I refused because I knew the Bill was coming to the House today and that this House was the place to discuss and amend it.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: It shows a poverty on the part of some Opposition Members that they think amendments are more likely to happen through a show on a national broadcaster than by their own efforts. We should aspire to better in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: It is the Opposition that is not doing its job, not the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: We accepted amendments on the Broadcasting Bill which was in the House last night. The Senator is not listening.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: The Senator will not accept the exceptions.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: Any move to increase the local government funding base is to be welcomed. We await the report of the Commission on Taxation as to how this might be done on a more long-term basis. This is a modest charge but it will help make the local government funding base more diffuse and diverse. It also gives it a property element, which the Irish taxation system has lacked. May I cite the example of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I did not send them to Coventry, although I have been sent there by them on several occasions. They have received a council tax demand from the local authority. They are resident but they do not own a property, are not UK nationals and do not have independent income. Nevertheless, the council tax demand is £1,300 each for local government services. When one compares and contrasts the...