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Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: We have plenty to talk about. The Minister is never far from our minds. My party spokesperson at the time welcomed the idea that the Minister put forward proposals. It is still short of the proposals and targets we think can and should be met. Given the opportunity in Government, we would push harder to see those targets met. We are starting from far behind other countries which have at least...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Listening to the utterings of some of the Minister's colleagues, the Government's long-term plan is to stay in government with whomever they can and by whatever means.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Even the Green Party. If Fianna Fáil wants Government in perpetuity it should start listening to what we are saying. We will not participate in government unless the policies I and my colleagues articulate are followed, not as aspirations but as clear achievable goals.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: We live and learn.

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 31: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the main findings identified to date as the barriers to the use and marketing of recyclable material by the Market Development Group set up by the Department of the Environment in 2004. [16642/06]

Written Answers — Sustainable Development Strategy: Sustainable Development Strategy (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to review the National Sustainable Development Policy published almost ten years ago; if so, if that review process will include setting clear goals and targets for all Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16651/06]

Overseas Missions. (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Defence when legislation will be forthcoming to facilitate Ireland's participation in EU battle groups; the details of the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17179/06]

Order of Business. (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: I want to raise two items. One concerns last night's "Prime Time" programme. Can the Taoiseach confirm that sections of the Children's Act which have yet to be brought into force, could comprise elements as regards how the Government should be dealing with this problem? Will he give a commitment to the House that all sections of the Children's Act that have yet to be enforced will be...

Order of Business. (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: It has significant implications for the legislation. This has to do with whether the published legislation remains valid because the statement by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform indicates he is not following Government policy. It has to do with mass burn incineration and whether he is prepared to support the building of a particular incinerator. I would like to know the...

Cross-Border Projects. (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this sensitive issue. It relates to the employment practices and recruitment policy of Safefood, an all-island agency responsible for food protection on the island of Ireland. It saddens me to raise this issue. Is the Minister of State informing me that he is not taking the adjournment? The Minister is not in the Chamber yet. Must I wait for a...

Cross-Border Projects. (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: I realise that but it is part of the Deputy's responsibility.

Cross-Border Projects. (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: If the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will allow me I will give the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, the opportunity to hear how I opened my contribution. This is an issue of some sensitivity and relates to the recruitment practices and employment policy of Safefood, one of the important North-South bodies established in recent years. It saddens me that...

Cross-Border Projects. (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: There were more than two complaints and I will explain how that arose. Either Safefood has supplied the Minister with incorrect information or — I do not even want to think in these terms — the House has been misled. I subsequently received a communication from Dr. Cherie Millar, also from Ballymena, County Antrim, who in 2004 applied for a full-time position as chief specialist of...

Cross-Border Projects. (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: I respect the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's ruling on that.

Cross-Border Projects. (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: I am merely pointing out the source of my information, which I received from Dr. Rao. This doctor received an invitation from Safefood, as did other doctors of foreign extraction including Chinese and Japanese. The invitation was framed in such a way that it seemed to exclude people working in the field who may not have been Irish. To send out documentation of this nature speaks of a culture...

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Civil Defence services have participated in exercises under the national emergency plan for nuclear accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17178/06]

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (9 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of amalgamated primary schools that exist here; the dates such amalgamations occurred; and the period in each circumstance after which new school facilities were provided. [17407/06]

Leaders' Questions. (10 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: The Government caused the problems.

Leaders' Questions. (10 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: These are the Government's problems.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: We need to examine the role of the EU in respect of the developing world. Disappointment must be expressed at the collective role of EU member states in meeting their millennium development goals, which will not be achieved. Ireland has failed to protest against this and has not met its own goals. The reality is that, in many respects, there is no common EU standard of aid. The aid and trade...