Results 441-460 of 4,085 for speaker:Dan Boyle

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Dan Boyle: Since the establishment of the State the payments to public representatives in the Houses of the Oireachtas have evolved through many stages, from a point where their wages were considered relatively modest compared to the average industrial wage to the point where a number of compensatory measures were introduced to encourage people to enter public life. They included an expenses regime...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: This House would be well served by an early debate on what is happening in Greece and the risks posed by the current situation there. However, this issue must be put in context. There was a news report today that President Obama had telephoned Chancellor Angela Merkel to ask for quick and decisive action to be taken. Obviously, there is international concern that this situation could bring...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: That is the policy of the Senator's party.

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: I welcome my colleague, the Minister of State, who has responsibility for data protection, which is an important element of this wider debate. In regard to the framing of a Bill of this type, which tries to balance the need for the State to have access to information for security purposes and the rights of the person, we badly need to get it right. Much protracted discussion took place...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: I agree with Senator Twomey that we should have a debate on the euro, although it is not so such a matter of whether we should be in the eurozone. At the time of our entry I argued on behalf of my party that there would be times when, as a nation, we would need an opportunity to be able to change interest rates and control inflation in a certain way and increase money supply. However, for...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: I largely agree with Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on the subjects she raised, especially the resignation by the governor of the Dóchas Centre. I also agree with the point raised by Senator O'Toole about the imprisonment of people for certain types of offences. I would like to think that we have already stopped imprisonment for the non-payment of a television fine in the...

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: Possibly for the first time in a debate in the House, I am acutely aware of my gender. This is no bad thing. At one stage a number of months ago, I was a member of a Seanad parliamentary team that had 50% female representation. Despite the fact our team has grown greatly, it now has zero female representation. This is not even slightly compensated for by the fact that this debate is being...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: In these rolling, frequent but necessary debates we are having on our banking system, I believe we are beginning to see, if not the land of milk and honey, a few shafts of light to take us away from the dark dismal times we have known. We should highlight what is being achieved while not losing the run of ourselves by pretending this journey does not have a long way to run. Many elements of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: All Members would agree there needs to be effective mechanisms to control the scale and type of payments being received by bankers and that there exists a culture and a questionable sense of ethics within financial service institutions which needs radical change. This is not unique to this country. The British Government had similar experiences with the chairman of the Royal Bank of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: This House should have a debate as soon as possible on the current banking situation, on which we need an update. Some of the statements made on the Order of Business are untrue. We will have a banking inquiry which will have substantial public elements to it. Two reports are being prepared, one of which is being compiled by the governor of the Central Bank who went on the record at the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Government did it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: Who appointed them?

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: It is the Governor of the Central Bank, by the way.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Dan Boyle: I have already said such an inquiry will be quite public.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: One cannot say that about Fine Gael.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I will give my response in a minute.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Every day in this House there is a debate on accountability and responsibility, and I am glad to have such debates at any time. When NAMA was agreed by this House and the other House last year, the debate was whether the haircut on the loans from the financial institutions would be sufficient. The legislation allowed for a haircut of 30%. At the time of the debate, I said that the haircut...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Senator can politick all he likes about the policies that led us here, but if he cares about this country, he must understand that the actions taken now are the most cost efficient decisions.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: They are being made on the basis that they have to be made for the future of this country. If we were to consider the options that were thrown off the top of the head by Members opposite over the past nine months, we would be paying multiples of the figures that have to be spent-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: The fact that such figures-----