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Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: So that is our problem.

Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: I wish to share time with my colleague Deputy Eamon Ryan. I generally welcome this Bill but despite its introduction and the proposal to set up this agency, consumer protection stands lower in Government priorities than it should do. While it is the responsibility of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment it does not feature in the title of his Department. It occupies a...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: I did not.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: They have all grown.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: There is no connection.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: The growth does not matter. The principle is the same.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: It is a fallacious argument because they have all decoupled. The Minister cannot hide behind that statistic.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Bill before the House is an illustration of the hollowness of the Government's policies towards the environment. It underlines the empty rhetoric in which the Government engages, in terms of indulging in "green speak" and not undertaking one inch of green action. The reality is the Government has decided to renege on any responsibility towards our global environmental responsibilities....

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Minister should read yesterday's newspaper. The Irish figure was 140% and the European average was 25%.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Minister did not deny it yesterday when it appeared in the newspaper.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Minister will not deal with this statistic; in the past year alone, transport emissions have increased by 7%.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: They have added to the increased figure at which we find ourselves. We have reached 25% when we are meant to be at 13% over 1990 figures. The reality is the statistics are going in the wrong direction. It will not suit the Minister, even though he might choose to do it, to reinvent statistics to his own liking. Ireland is the sick man of Europe when it comes to environmental policies....

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: I will be here for the Minister's final contribution because this is one of the worst Bills the Minister has produced.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: Anything the Minister states will be to the benefit of the Green Party's because we will contest the general election on his record, the mess he has created and presided over as well as his solutions, which are nothing more than face-saving exercises on the part of the Government. In the next 12 weeks, the fag-end of the Government, the Minister and his colleagues will introduce a number of...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: Regarding emissions trading standards, the Minister had an opportunity to make a statement on how the production of concrete, one of the main building materials, should be viewed. A company in Dublin produces environmentally friendly cement. The Minister could have chosen 1990, the year the Kyoto Agreement is based on, as a baseline for the introduction of the emissions trading scheme. The...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: I will return at 6 p.m. to hear the Minister's final response.

Countryside Recreation Strategy. (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the disputes regarding countryside access and developments by the expert group set up to investigate the legal issues surrounding land access for recreational use. [7765/07]

Statute Law Revision Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Snodaigh.

Statute Law Revision Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Green Party supports this attempt to rationalise the Irish Statute Book. It is unfortunate that the debate we are having is truncated to the extent that due to the scale of the legal instruments before us it would, at least on Committee Stage, warrant more attention than it has been given to date. We are talking about thousands of legal instruments. We must take it on trust that the...

Strategic Management Initiative. (28 Feb 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the brief given to the OECD to deliver an audit of Civil Service working practices; the timeframe the OECD has been asked to deliver this audit in; and if it will form the basis for fundamental public management reforms. [4070/07]