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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: Finally, with regard to the debate this House will soon have on the Civil Partnership Bill, I have no difficulty with any citizen or group of citizens giving their opinion on what should be in the Bill, but the question of constitutionality is a matter for the courts. The question of whether this legislation is approved is a matter for this House and the Lower House. It will be on Report...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: Fine Gael keeps changing the costings.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: On the legislation dealing with the election of the Dublin mayor, the Bill will be published within a matter of weeks and it is hoped parliamentary time will be made available in both Houses to allow it to be properly processed. I am confident it will be published and that parliamentary time will be provided. I do not know whether there will be sufficient time to allow it to be fully...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I first became aware of Peter Callanan as a long-standing member of Cork County Council, many years before I became involved in public life, when I used to read his name and see his photograph in what was then known as the Cork Examiner. When I was subsequently elected to Cork City Council, there would have been joint meetings of the city and county council. While Peter Callanan represented...

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: Gabhaim leithscéal ach beidh mé ag caint as Béarla ins an diospóireacht seo. Given that my father was a native speaker and that my mother did her Árdteistiméaracht as Gaeilge, I do not even use the excuse that I was born in the United States to explain my continuing lack of confidence in using the Irish language. Like most people in this country, after an education for 13 years I can...

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: -----is something towards which I am working. I very much admire Senator Alex White for the contribution he made, something to which I can only aspire at this stage. I hope I will be able to add mine in future debates in this House. Given my background - I have a parent who comes from a Gaeltacht area - I record my acknowledgment of the role Údarás na Gaeltachta has played since the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I agree that the findings of the review announced by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government should be discussed in the House. Given our recent history and the role that planning played in the problems we are facing in this country, I am amazed that people, particularly the Labour Party, would question the need for a review or-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: -----an exercise in accountability.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The fact is that people who have questioned this exercise are those, such as city and county managers, who-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: -----until now have not had their decisions questioned by wider authorities. It is the function of a Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and his or her Department to ask these questions and put reviews in place. It is our function as Members of the Oireachtas to review these decisions. I am amazed that any Member would question this process.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: If people want to avoid a knee-jerk reaction to the Minister's announcement, I advise them to read the editorial in today's Irish Examiner, which clearly sets out the need for a review. In regard to the article in the Irish Independent on the prospect of a property tax, a budget will be introduced in December and this will determine whether such a tax is introduced. I refer Senator Cummins...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: If proposals are instantly knocked down for the sake of opposition, we will never emerge from our public expenditure crisis. I advise those who intend to be in government in the near future to bear that in mind. I agree with Senator O'Toole that the holding of regular opinion polls distorts political debate. I would like the right to say ludicrous things at any time.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The problem is that by having a debate on this issue, we will return to a previous debate on whether opinion polls should be held.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Second Stage (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The explanatory memorandum accompanying the Bill which explains in its first four paragraphs its main purposes is very clear and succinct. It refers to head shops being an issue of public concern in recent months, how the Misuse of Drugs Act has not seemed to be satisfactory in dealing with the substances sold in such shops, outlines the Government's multi-pronged approach in terms of the...

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: "Claimed" is the operative word.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: It is all very amusing. I am sure the Senator is disappointed.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: It was a Labour Party Government.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I suppose the Labour Party was not in government at the time and did not make the deal.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Labour Party has plenty of reports.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The tabling of this motion by the Labour Party is indicative of the posturing from which we have seen that party benefitting in recent times. It adds nothing to the debate, achieves nothing in terms of improving standards and represents the type of Shangri-La politics that the Labour Party wants to practise. It wants to be all things to all people. The Labour Party speaks out of both...