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Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Dan Boyle: What about elected mayors?

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Dan Boyle: What powers have councillors?

Written Answers — Teachers' Conferences: Teachers' Conferences (30 Mar 2004)

Dan Boyle: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons behind his refusal to engage in debate with the teacher unions at their annual conferences regarding the future of education in a format chosen by the unions. [9761/04]

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: Who are these people?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: The Government is full of sensitivity.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: How many women are involved? That is spurious.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: On a point of order, it is racist.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: On a point of order——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: There are rules and regulations on language that can be used in this House.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: The Chair ruled on it.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: The British Government referred to the British-Irish Agreement. It did not refer to the Good Friday Agreement.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: I propose to share time with Deputies Crowe and Gregory. In the proper context and in an appropriate environment a debate on citizenship would be very welcome — a debate on the nature of what it means to be an Irish citizen, what it means to be a citizen in a republic, what are the rights that being an Irish citizen confers upon an individual and, more important, what are the...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: I will come to the legislation in a moment. I speak in this debate as the only Member of this House who has birthright dual citizenship.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: My birthright gives me citizenship of America. That same birthright gives me rights by heritage to Irish citizenship because my parents were among the thousands of people who left this country in the 1950s when their rights as Irish citizens to earn a livelihood and bring up a family were far from honoured by this State. If the Minister wants a debate on citizenship, it should be on those...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: The Government chose to do this because it knows that, in the context of the upcoming elections, its record is exposed on every level.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: It is exposed in regard to how services and resources are provided in local communities and because we are the most unequal society in Europe, regardless of who is a citizen.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: The Government is refusing to contest the 11 June election on these grounds.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: The Minister seems to believe this will not induce racism, a point he made in what I would call a pathetic speech, except he devalued the word "pathetic" by using it so often in his less than persuasive contribution. The Minister actually used the line: "If you are racist vote "No" in this referendum".

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: Have we reached the nadir of political debate? Given what the Minister knows, how can he label as he chooses anyone who dares to disagree with him? There are also those of us with other definitions and values regarding Irish citizenship who would like to contribute to the debate as to how we progress collectively as a nation. The demography of Irish society, due to recent prosperity, is...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: At the moment, 40 of the 200 countries of the world have birthright as the basis for citizenship.