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Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2004)

Dan Boyle: I regret that also. While I acknowledge that amendment No. 46 takes on some of the substance of amendment No. 45, it leaves out key elements. I ask that the provisions be reconsidered even at this stage. While the review of trends and patterns will be incorporated in the report of the financial services ombudsman, 57BS (1)(a) refers only to a summary of all complaints the ombudsman receives...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2004)

Dan Boyle: The Minister of State is hung on the word "authoritative" which I am prepared to put to one side. The more important word in my amendment is "commentary". The important part of my amendment dealt with the effect of a commentary by an independent person with a vigilance role on legislation and, particularly, the activities of the Government. I regret that the Minister chose to look at an...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2004)

Dan Boyle: Amendment No. 48, which is tabled by Deputy Ó Caoláin and I, seeks to insert the phrase "brought by the consumer" into this section of the Bill. I mentioned it earlier to the Minister for Finance and I now mention it to the Minister of State because he seems to be continuing the custom that the Minister for Finance has adopted in this Bill. At no point on Report Stage has the Minister...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2004)

Dan Boyle: In this Bill and in the Act of 2003 the Minister for Finance seems to have adopted a babushka doll attitude to credit unions with the Central Bank being the largest doll, underneath which there is the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, and underneath which again there is third doll which is the office of the credit union regulator. That analogy might make credit unions seem very...

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Dan Boyle: Will the issue at hand be referred to a meeting of the committee on procedures and privileges?

Financial Services Regulation. (1 Jun 2004)

Dan Boyle: The Minister for State may not be aware that there has been a discussion today at the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service. The Governor of the Central Bank pointed out that in the period that the most recent revelations apply, 1989 to 1996, there was no effective regulation in place for subsidiaries, including the subsidiary involved — AIB Investment Managers Limited. Does the...

Financial Services Regulation. (1 Jun 2004)

Dan Boyle: Early retirement?

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Motion to Recommit. (1 Jun 2004)

Dan Boyle: I support Deputy Burton's motion to recommit the Bill. Events since our last discussion make it imperative that we give every consideration to it. I have several questions which I believe would best be answered on Committee Stage. The substantive ministerial amendment, as referred to by Deputy Bruton, is 11.5 pages long, longer than much of the legislation which comes before this House. It...

Order of Business. (25 May 2004)

Dan Boyle: The Green Party is opposed to the Bill. It has had a short Second Stage and a less than adequate Committee Stage, and there is a proposed short Report Stage. Given that we see yet another Minister introducing amendments on Report Stage that will not be debated, which will have tremendous consequences for the Bill, we cannot agree to the guillotine.

Rights of People with Disabilities: Motion. (18 May 2004)

Dan Boyle: That is not happening.

Order of Business. (18 May 2004)

Dan Boyle: It has been reported that the Government intends to make a decision to extend the rail network, in particular in the Cork suburban area. If the Cabinet makes such a decision, will it require the introduction of a Supplementary Estimate for the Department of Transport and, if so, will that Supplementary Estimate come before the House for debate?

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Dan Boyle: Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency published a detailed report on the quality of the Irish environment which highlights many aspects where it is in a severe state of deterioration. Would it be in order and will the Government provide time for a wide-ranging debate on that report? Will it make such a debate a regular feature of business in the House?

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Dan Boyle: Will the strategic national infrastructure Bill be preceded by the appointment of an independent commission to assess the safety of incineration technology given that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government wholeheartedly endorses the technology while his technical expertise in other areas has been shown to be wanting?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Report Stage. (4 May 2004)

Dan Boyle: It is somewhat surreal that the House is being asked to debate Report Stage of a Bill which no longer has any meaning. It certainly has no sense of urgency given that the purpose for which it was introduced on a very rushed basis through Second Stage, Committee Stage and the proposed Report Stage no longer exists. The report of the independent commission gives a reason that this Bill should...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: The British Government referred to the British-Irish Agreement. It did not refer to the Good Friday Agreement.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: I propose to share time with Deputies Crowe and Gregory. In the proper context and in an appropriate environment a debate on citizenship would be very welcome — a debate on the nature of what it means to be an Irish citizen, what it means to be a citizen in a republic, what are the rights that being an Irish citizen confers upon an individual and, more important, what are the...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: I will come to the legislation in a moment. I speak in this debate as the only Member of this House who has birthright dual citizenship.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: My birthright gives me citizenship of America. That same birthright gives me rights by heritage to Irish citizenship because my parents were among the thousands of people who left this country in the 1950s when their rights as Irish citizens to earn a livelihood and bring up a family were far from honoured by this State. If the Minister wants a debate on citizenship, it should be on those...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: The Government chose to do this because it knows that, in the context of the upcoming elections, its record is exposed on every level.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Dan Boyle: It is exposed in regard to how services and resources are provided in local communities and because we are the most unequal society in Europe, regardless of who is a citizen.