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Finance Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed). (9 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: I hope the Minister will be suitably shocked should the imminent report on tax reliefs contain the obvious conclusion that many of these reliefs were introduced without any cost-benefit analysis and that many of them have continued in the absence of such analysis. However, cost-benefit analysis alone is an empty formula for deciding many policy objectives. These amendments highlight the...

Finance Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed). (9 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: That is the implication I am picking up and has been the theme followed through by many on the Government benches. If one considers this model and the associated circumstance in which young families are being brought up at arm's length, there is an obvious need for incentives that will protect the idea of family within the setting of a family home and protect the care needs of families as far...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (9 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the papers presented to her by the NCCA at the end of January 2005; and if she will be acting upon the recommendations contained therein. [7950/05]

Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: The Green Party opposes the proposal to impose a guillotine on the Report Stage debate on the Finance Bill. This is the third year in a row that amendments have been introduced to the Finance Bill on Report Stage without having been discussed on any previous Stage. Many amendments will not be debated because they will not be reached. The Report Stage debate is on amendment No. 13 of 61...

Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: There is still time.

Finance Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: I move amendment No. 21: In page 16, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: "10.—Tax relief shall be extended in respect of all monthly travel passes related to travelling to and from work." On Committee Stage the Minister introduced an amendment, which was accepted and on which there was largely agreement, providing for the extension of this relief in terms of employers granting...

Finance Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: I thank the Minister for that clarification which I am sure will be helpful for people who need to access this relief in the future. However, I am disappointed with the second part of his reply. I encourage him to examine the costings that might be involved in such an extension of the relief. If such a cost benefit analysis were done, although it has not been done in regard to other tax...

Finance Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: The size of the bus fleet has not increased.

Finance Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: The bus fleet is the same size as it was when the Government came to power.

Finance Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (10 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: The proportion of the funds being spent on the road network is too big.

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (10 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the proposed closure of the Carlow sugar factory and the failure to develop a new biofuel production industry from such facilities, his Department has commissioned research to investigate the potential for new industrial development and employment from such renewable indigenous fuel sources; and...

Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: It is not agreed. The Rotterdam Convention should be discussed by the House in full session. It relates to two Departments. It refers to dangerous and toxic chemicals that can or cannot be accepted by third countries and this has implications for this country's policy on the incineration of waste. A motion of this type should not be nodded through on the Order of Business to be sent to a...

Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: When will legislation related to employment permits come before the House? There is uncertainty regarding work permits coming to an end and those which have run out.

National Development Plan: Statements. (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: "BMW" has always been an unfortunate acronym for the less advantaged part of the country we were forced to designate when Ireland as a whole lost its category 1 status within the European Union. "BMW" is the logo of a very flash motor car which is a status symbol for those most favoured by the Celtic tiger and hardly reflects progress for communities in the Border, midlands and western...

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This is an Act to prohibit the keeping of animals solely or primarily for slaughter for the value of their fur. I wish to share time with Deputies Eamon Ryan, Cuffe, Ferris, Finian McGrath and Cowley.

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Private Members' time performs an important function in the House. It gives the Opposition an opportunity to do many things. Mainly, it is used to keep the Government in check by raising motions of concern and making the Government answer for the policies it pursues. However, it has a secondary and more important aspect in that it allows Opposition Members to present legislation which they...

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: It might prick the Deputy's conscience.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent external review of cystic fibrosis facilities here commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9071/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will act upon the recommendations of the recent external review of cystic fibrosis facilities here commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland, which calls for the immediate implementation of a national cystic fibrosis service to be achieved by establishing nine specialist cystic fibrosis centres...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the recent external review of cystic fibrosis facilities here commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland, if she will discuss with the Health Service Executive the possibility of establishing a Health Service Executive review board to review the report; the persons she envisages being appointed...