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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: He did not say that.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Minister said the election would be called in January.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: I agree with Senator O'Toole, in that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: I will not even go there. I support Senator O'Toole's request to process certain legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: I have mentioned it to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and believe he wishes to raise the matter at the next Cabinet meeting. Draft legislation on both matters has been prepared and could be initiated before the recess. I hope the proposals made will be given active consideration.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: A matter on today's crowded Order Paper is not for debate, but a debate at the earliest opportunity on the change in the construction of the National Economic and Social Council, an important body for social partnership, particularly in the context of long-term strategy, would benefit the House. Both Houses need every assistance in formulating a long-term strategy because the people are...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The issue was raised on that side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: Senator Coffey should criticise his colleagues.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: It is listed for Friday.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: In debating the Social Welfare Bill, we need to consider the scale of the moneys involved - €22 billion. Even allowing for the adjustments provided for in the Bill, we are talking about a level of spending that is over 40% of the total spending of the State each year. That is unsustainable in the medium term. We must also take into account the levels of increases that have happened over...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: I wish to share time with Senator Dearey.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: Senator Norris has put on record his concerns with how this Bill is being portrayed as an attack on the poor. Undoubtedly, there are a series of unpalatable decisions in the whole cocktail of measures the budget for 2011 has involved and in the package from the EU and IMF. I believe there has been huge misrepresentation, however, about the degree to which this is unfair and does not...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The question of a minimum interest rate is what is available to us on the international market. I received a very interesting e-mail today from a Philip Coyle and I presume other Senators received it as well. The e-mail outlined the impact of default in Argentina in 1991 and demonstrated that the rates of poverty increased incrementally during the ten year period that followed.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: When I hear people saying that default is the option open to us, they are talking directly about the Argentinian experience. If people are talking about social justice and addressing poverty, they should look at Argentina. Dare they say this is a vista that should be visited on this country?

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: These are the alternatives we are talking about. In terms of the rest of the Bill, I want to place on record my concern with regard to controlling public sector pensions. We know that 80% of expenditure is on health, education and social protection, and we know 40% is on social protection alone. One of the most frightening statistics for me is that 50% of all expenditure is made up of a...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: We are taking an income reduction of 5% because of the PRSI changes, but that is largely seen as cosmetic. Some 90% of the measures contained in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010 are positive and correct. They counterbalance most of the negative reaction to budget 2011 and the EU-IMF package. I hope that, rather than having a late night debate at the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Order of Business is No. 1, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010, changed from Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010 - Second Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and conclude not later than 2 p.m., if not previously concluded, on which spokespersons may speak for 12 minutes and all other Senators for eight minutes and Senators may share...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: Senator Fitzgerald raised the issue of bonuses being paid to officials in the Department of Finance, on which she was joined by Senators Ross, Coffey, Hannigan, MacSharry, Healy Eames, Buttimer, Dearey, Coghlan, Hanafin and Ormonde. I believe there are two points that reflect the seriousness every Member of the House feels on the matter. First is the failure that allowed such a system to...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: -----it is a matter that will have importance attaching to it. The reality is that when people are talking about negotiations, and I have no difficulty in having further debate on this in the House, I pose the question, renegotiations by whom? An impression is being given that somehow the people who have negotiated on behalf of the State, namely, the Governor of the Central Bank, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The implication of asking for a renegotiation is, I believe, an implication of the vote of confidence in those very people. Those are the same people who would be negotiating on behalf of the State in any subsequent renegotiation.