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Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: The fact that such figures-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: -----had cold water poured on them by leaders of Fine Gael would indicate to me that they were ill thought out. Over the past 15 months, we have gone through widespread consultation involving independent officers, we have appointed a Financial Regulator from outside the State who had no previous connection with Irish financial services, a Governor of the Central Bank who was not appointed...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: -----and were not as interested in throwing figures around-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: If the Opposition is serious about the role it wants to play as an Opposition and alternative Government-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: -----it should be treating this debate with a degree of seriousness and a level of honesty that has been missing to date.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Senator Quinn has correctly noted that we must look forward as we attempt to deal with the banking crisis. We should also note examples of how other countries addressed similar crises. For the past 18 months we have been trying to develop a coherent response to probably the most difficult circumstances any Government has had to face in financial services. While the period required for a...

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: That is a good thing.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: It would have cost €70 billion anyway.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: There is a difference between net and gross.

Seanad: Lost at Scheme: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I wish to share time with Senator Ó Brolcháin.

Seanad: Lost at Scheme: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: A few weeks ago I entered into a debate on this matter outside the House for a number of reasons. When I was a Member of the other House and an Opposition spokesman on this area, I warmly welcomed the previous Government's decision to appoint Ms Emily O'Reilly to the position of Ombudsman. I was pleased when her term in office was extended. It needs to be acknowledged that she has done...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: This House should have a debate as soon as possible on the current banking situation, on which we need an update. Some of the statements made on the Order of Business are untrue. We will have a banking inquiry which will have substantial public elements to it. Two reports are being prepared, one of which is being compiled by the governor of the Central Bank who went on the record at the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Government did it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: Who appointed them?

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: It is the Governor of the Central Bank, by the way.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: I have already said such an inquiry will be quite public.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: All Members would agree there needs to be effective mechanisms to control the scale and type of payments being received by bankers and that there exists a culture and a questionable sense of ethics within financial service institutions which needs radical change. This is not unique to this country. The British Government had similar experiences with the chairman of the Royal Bank of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: I largely agree with Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on the subjects she raised, especially the resignation by the governor of the Dóchas Centre. I also agree with the point raised by Senator O'Toole about the imprisonment of people for certain types of offences. I would like to think that we have already stopped imprisonment for the non-payment of a television fine in the...

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: Possibly for the first time in a debate in the House, I am acutely aware of my gender. This is no bad thing. At one stage a number of months ago, I was a member of a Seanad parliamentary team that had 50% female representation. Despite the fact our team has grown greatly, it now has zero female representation. This is not even slightly compensated for by the fact that this debate is being...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: In these rolling, frequent but necessary debates we are having on our banking system, I believe we are beginning to see, if not the land of milk and honey, a few shafts of light to take us away from the dark dismal times we have known. We should highlight what is being achieved while not losing the run of ourselves by pretending this journey does not have a long way to run. Many elements of...