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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The reality of processing legislation in both Houses is that Members must deal with individual items of legislation as they come before each House.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I would like to see a future scenario in which either of the Opposition parties does not present a Bill or motion during Private Members' time that does not relate directly to the economy.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I think I have heard it all when I hear the Labour Party defending the right of millionaires not to pay property tax. It is particularly rich when the last residential property tax we had was introduced by a Labour Party Minister. However, if the Labour Party wants to have that debate we can have it.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: In response to the comments made by Senators Coffey and O'Toole, the Minister believes individual members of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security have used their positions in a partisan way.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I have seen written contributions that confirm the Minister's view. I accept that the Minister's remarks gave a sense of the committee as a whole acting in a partisan way. That needs to be clarified and I will be happy to ask the Minister to do so. A debate on school leaving and employment levels is necessary and I hope it can be held in the short time we have left before the summer recess....

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: "Claimed" is the operative word.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: It is all very amusing. I am sure the Senator is disappointed.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: It was a Labour Party Government.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I suppose the Labour Party was not in government at the time and did not make the deal.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Labour Party has plenty of reports.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The tabling of this motion by the Labour Party is indicative of the posturing from which we have seen that party benefitting in recent times. It adds nothing to the debate, achieves nothing in terms of improving standards and represents the type of Shangri-La politics that the Labour Party wants to practise. It wants to be all things to all people. The Labour Party speaks out of both...

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I am sorry I have upset the Senator but I will not engage in the invective with which he started the debate. Allow me to point out the facts. The Labour Party voted against animal welfare legislation that came before the House.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

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Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Labour Party claims to be in favour of environmental taxes but when such taxes are proposed they oppose them. The Labour Party claims to be in favour of sustainable transport, yet when Labour Party councillors move motions in local authorities, within 24 hours they are asked to withdraw or water them down because their party leaders tell them they are politically unpopular. I will not...

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: Let us hear about your environmental record in government. Let us hear about your time in the rainbow Government. What did you do about the nitrates directive?

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I have to do this, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, because every time I make a point I am interrupted. What did they do on the nitrates directive? What did they do about the habitats directive.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I want to make the Senator think of the consequences of his statements. I make my apology here and now. What did the Labour Party do in government about the habitats directive or the nitrates directive. It did sweet damn all.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: We can take it.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Waste Management Bill, introduced by a Labour Party Minister for the Environment and Local Government, includes a provision for incineration, which allows an incinerator to be developed in the constituency Senator Hannigan wants to represent. Would he like to explain to his potential constituents why we have legislation that was brought in by the Labour Party and which he opposes in...

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Dan Boyle: I am tired of my party being represented as nice people. When I see some of the bile thrown in front of us tonight, I can only respond accordingly.