Results 3,081-3,100 of 4,085 for speaker:Dan Boyle

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: I noted with interest the history of the Progressive Democrats Party that was published in recent weeks. Apparently, the first mad idea of the Minister, Deputy McDowell, as a policy position of the then nascent party was to abolish all income tax and replace it with property taxes. I would like to hear the Minister debate such issues as they relate to the type of fiscal instruments we choose...

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Meaningless targets.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Targets.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Particularly useless.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Did they not have Irish Steel and ISPAT?

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Nothing the Government did.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Beyond the next election.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: It does not seem to be working well.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Loose targets are being missed constantly.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: What targets are they? Let us hear them.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: We are following the Minister's example and trying to speak on his style, to speak his language.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: As the Minister responsible for the implementation of the Companies Acts, have the fitness to practise provisions been examined regarding the directors of Irish Ferries? These are executive and non-executive directors who have stood idly by and witnessed acts of intimidation, possible uses of violence and threats to use tear gas. If the Companies Acts do not include these matters in the...

Order of Business. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: It is not the same.

Order of Business. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: The Deputy did not say the Minister lied in the House. He said the Minister lied outside the House.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come before the House and express the extent to which he continues to maintain confidence in the board of the Environmental Protection Agency and the manner in which the agency makes available information regarding...

Tourism Revenue. (29 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated expenditure, classified by route of travel, by tourism visitors here since 2000, excluding the lower international fares; if the figures will be adjusted to take account of general inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34807/05]

Written Answers — Post Office Network: Post Office Network (24 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post office robberies that have occurred since 1 January 2004; and the measures his Department has taken to avoid future occurrences. [36239/05]

Written Answers — Judicial Appointments: Judicial Appointments (24 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of barristers who have applied in their own right for consideration for appointment as District, Circuit and High Court judges since January 2004. [36238/05]

Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he has put in place to the operators' licences and for the allocation of rail track access in a fair and unbiased manner following his recent announcement that his Department is in discussion with an international open access freight operator. [36056/05]

Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport if representations have been made to Iarnród Éireann regarding the recent cancellation of all container trains from Sligo, Cork, Limerick and Mayo to Dublin Port; and the reason unlike other countries in Europe, Ireland provides no incentives to industry to use rail or to operators to enter the market. [36055/05]