Results 581-600 of 4,085 for speaker:Dan Boyle

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Has the Government discussed whether an ideologically pure third terminal may need to be run by a separate airport authority? What legislative measures need to be taken for Aer Lingus? How does the Government intend selling its majority shareholding in the airline?

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: It is reported that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has presented the heads of the defamation Bill to Cabinet. When is that Bill likely to be introduced and will it cover racial slurs made by members of the Government?

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Bill 2005: Second and Subsequent Stages. (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: I wish to share my time with Deputies Morgan and Connolly.

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Bill 2005: Second and Subsequent Stages. (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Once again we are here on a Thursday afternoon at the end of a Dáil week discussing emergency legislation. Not only is this is a repetition of a process we went through two weeks ago, it is something that has happened regularly in the life of this Government. I suspect that any analysis would show that this Government has processed more emergency legislation than any previous Government. It...

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Bill 2005: Second and Subsequent Stages. (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Other aspects of the State's ownership of buildings and properties may be open to challenge. What about the new forms of ownership the Government proposes to foist upon us? The Minister, Deputy Martin, is familiar with the use of public private partnerships from his time as Minister for Education and Science. The Government has considered the possibility of using such partnerships in areas...

Decentralisation Programme. (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: I thank the Minister for his response, but I am not sure it clarifies anything. Will the Minister at least indicate the numbers of people who have indicated a willingness to move to the new location of the Department's headquarters? Will he use the opportunity of this question to put on record concerns that have been expressed about the general decentralisation process and the concerns of...

Court Actions. (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The Green Party asked this question in light of emergency legislation that was introduced by the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs two weeks ago on foot of a number of court actions which were pending against his Department. We live in a society that, sadly, is becoming more litigious. Does the Department, which was established...

National Drugs Strategy. (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the findings of the review of the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16647/05]

National Drugs Strategy. (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Will the Minister comment on what seems to be the central trend of the review, namely, the shift in the Dublin area from heroin use to cocaine use and the stabilisation in the use of heroin in Dublin but its growing use in other urban centres?

Written Answers — Community and Voluntary Sector: Community and Voluntary Sector (19 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants given by his Department to community and voluntary organisations, by Dáil constituency, since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16646/05]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions his Department intends to take on the recommendations of the survey undertaken by the One Parent Exchange Network, entitled Do the Poor Pay More? [17239/05]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: I am surprised this question was not taken with the previous one. Why does it take the release of a report of this type for the Minister and his Department to react? Why were the deficiencies in the system, which the report identifies, not recognised earlier? Why is there no response to the obvious inadequacies in payments lone parents receive before they are exposed by representative bodies...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: I also wish to hear the Minister's opinion on the fact that the Government is removing core funding from these organisations, many of which are outside the social partnership structure, and are working directly with people experiencing poverty. What representation is the Minister for Social and Family Affairs with direct responsibility for the alleviation of poverty, making to ensure that...

Order of Business (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: In light of recent reports about the effect of moneylending, particularly on lone parent families, when we will have a debate on the Money Advice and Budgeting Service Bill? An order for Second Stage has been moved.

Order of Business (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: The Taoiseach might give it some further consideration.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: It is the Minister of State's Bill.

Aer Lingus: Motion. (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: On the airport aspect of the motion, the Taoiseach on Leaders' Questions told the House that he had not been informed of any change in Government policy on the issue of the transfer of debt to Dublin Airport in regard to developments at Shannon Airport and most particularly at Cork Airport. That may well be the case. In Cork the south-west regional authority holds regular meetings and there...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the anomaly whereby a lone parent engaged in a community employment scheme is at a disadvantage of more than €45 a week when compared to a lone parent in part-time work and accessing family income supplement. [17131/05]

Written Answers — School Meals: School Meals (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes which will be proposed to the school meals programme operated by his Department after the recommendations of the Government task force on obesity. [17132/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (24 May 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the initiatives he intends to take in the coming months to combat social welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17146/05]