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Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: We need the legislation to enshrine in law the principle of a targeted approach to this issue given our experience of how we dealt with our international commitments in the past, how we made an utter failure of our Kyoto commitments, how we must meet the process that now exists and how we anticipate moving in the future. What I find particularly disappointing is the economic argument being...

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: It is an absurd argument to say-----

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: -----that the one way to meet this target, and largely through the agriculture sector, is a 40% reduction. That is absurd.

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: The idea that somehow the economic basis of deferring or putting off the commitment in regard to climate change legislation is the Food Harvest 2020 report is something with which I fundamentally disagree. The Green Party has had a huge input into that report. It enshrines in agriculture policies much of what we believe in. Where we need to go in developing Irish agriculture is not in...

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: I will tell Senator Coffey-----

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: I will tell Senator Coffey the extent of that opportunity. The Confederation of British Industry-----

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: The Confederation of British Industry-----

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: -----outlines the economic benefit and the potential market for a low carbon economy globally. In a number of years' time, it will be worth £4 trillion.

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: Some £4 trillion is £4,000 billion. If one adds another 20% to that, one gets the euro equivalent of €5 trillion. That is the opportunity a country like Ireland could dip into. I heard previous speakers talk about the pharmaceutical industry and the effect that a Bill such as this will have but it ignores the fact that this legislation is about the non-traded sector. We already have a...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: I have tendered my resignation as Deputy Leader of the Seanad and thank Members for their co-operation whenever I took the Order of Business in the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: My colleagues and I regret the circumstances that have arisen in recent weeks. All of us, in this House and elsewhere, believe they reflect badly on the business and nature of politics and see the need to have a national conversation to restore faith which has been badly dented. There were good points in our participation in government, to which my colleagues and I can point. We take pride...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: With regard to legislation included in the programme for Government which it has not been possible to enact, I am happy that much of it has been published. The Climate Change Response Bill and the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill are both live and Bills an incoming Government might decide to progress. I am confident the incoming Government will take this challenge on board. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: Senator O'Toole may not be aware that the finance Bill which will go through the Houses is not the one that would have gone through otherwise. A second Bill in which all of the issues mentioned will be addressed will be agreed and introduced early in the life of the next Government. Many of the issues being addressed in the other House by Independent Members — Independent Members in this...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: On behalf of the Green Party-Comhaontas Glas, I extend my sympathy to the family of Senator Séamus Dolan and acknowledge his achievements as a former Member of the House. At a time when those of us in politics have shorter careers and the turnover of membership of the House is greater, those who were here before and for longer periods of time should have their contributions especially...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: I hope this will not be the final Order of Business of the 23rd Seanad. Should the incoming Government so decide, we should take the opportunity to pass more outstanding legislation. Not least among that is the Construction Contracts Bill 2010, which was drafted by Senator Quinn. There are two months during which we could properly close up shop prior to the holding of the Seanad election....

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: I am not speaking on behalf of the Government, a Chathaoirligh, although I am happy to speak now.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: The Finance Bill 2011 and the circumstances arising from it consist of two of very separate issues. The first is the need to pass the Bill to give a sense of certainty, cohesion and continuity to the very uncertain political and economic situation in which the country finds itself. The second relates to the contents of the Bill and it is here there can be legitimate public debate about the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: Until we address that essential truth, much of the name calling and points scoring will be fundamentally dishonest in this debate. I put it to Members that where we will be ending up in taxation and expenditure terms is probably where we should be anyway. Pain is being caused because the adjustment is happening too quickly and too much for many of our citizens. That is where the political...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: Is it open to others to speak?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Dan Boyle: I accept what the Minister says about the drafting of this recommendation. However, the effect of what it is trying to achieve is what already exists in company law for publicly listed companies, that the payment of bonuses for directors, in particular, must be part of the annual reporting process. Now that many of these institutions are State institutions there should be something in our...