Results 1,021-1,040 of 4,085 for speaker:Dan Boyle

Order of Business (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: The second report on this country's compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has been placed before the House. Will there be a debate on its content?

Order of Business (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Will the report submitted to the European Environment Agency on Ireland's lamentable performance in terms of environmental protection be considered in the House?

Rural Transport Services. (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: The Minister will not be surprised to learn that I do not share his optimism in respect of his initiatives pertaining to rural transport. Would he accept that his much-vaunted initiative on the western rail corridor actually concerns a western rail hallway? It does not come close to being a corridor, which would extend from Cork to Sligo. Currently, given the continuation of a radial system...

Rural Transport Services. (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: The line has not been closed.

Rural Transport Services. (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: The rails are gone but the line is still in existence. Planning permission has been given to build on it.

Commissions of Investigation: Motion (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: I wish to share time with Deputy Crowe. There is general agreement in this House that it is necessary to arrive at the truth of this case. I share Deputy Costello's concern that the Dáil is limited in altering the terms of reference put before it. While the terms are general and deal with most of the issues to be uncovered, there are other issues about which the House and society need to be...

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: They are already agreed.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Do we accept them?

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Are they not the Minister of State's constituents any more?

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Nonsense.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Rubbish.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: They have been agreed.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: We are 25% over the limit.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: That is beneath the Minister of State. It is contemptible.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: We live in this society.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: The taxpayer will still pay.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: It is proposing to do it in the Minister's constituency too.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: It is in the constituency he is leaving anyway.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: He does not want it in Ringaskiddy but he is in favour of its operation.

Written Answers — Post Office Network: Post Office Network (30 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress which has been made to fulfil his commitment to have all post offices on the islands fully automated. [36763/05]