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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: We had the Progressive Democrats in the last Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I would prefer to be inviting thought.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: It would be helpful if we heard some concrete thinking from the other side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: The position of the Green Party in this Government is no different to that of the Democratic Left Party in the rainbow Government of which the party opposite was a member.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Perhaps the microphones can be improved. I worry for the throats and nodules of some of the Members opposite given they are shouting so much.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I would like to clear up-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I do not believe he will be any more enlightening anyway.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I wish to put on record the need for this House to debate the new structure of government in terms of responsibility for jobs, job creation and job training. I do not believe there is any confusion about this. The same responsibilities exist. Responsibility for industrial development and research remains with the new Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. The job training aspect...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: The fall in unemployment last month is likely to be repeated next month which indicates that a coherent jobs strategy is in place.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: These changes will make those improvements-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Senator Healy Eames obviously does not.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I am not too sure how much of the time allocated was actually mine.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I will leave it at that, reluctantly.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: We entered into budget 2010 and the Finance Bill, which underpins the policy implications of the budget, with an understanding, given that we contacted the European Commission for support for the medium-term to get our public finances in order, that we required an adjustment of €4 billion. It was something of an open secret that, as a minority party in Government, we would have argued that...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Ag 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Mental Health: Statements. (23 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: The personal commitment of the Minister of State to these issues is recognised by all in the House. The document, A Vision for Change, is acknowledged as progressive and the frustration is due to the delay in implementing it fully. However, the Minister's renewed commitment and the support he is receiving from the Cabinet must be acknowledged. My colleague, Senator Ó Brolcháin, has...

Seanad: Compulsory Retirement from the Irish Army of Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: That would be fair enough. If the motion achieves anything, it will be a step forward in respect of the justice now merited by Dónal de Róiste and in a further peeling away of an attitude that, unfortunately, still obtains in Irish life to the effect that authority cannot be questioned and authority lacks the grace to change and be questioned. I again thank Senator Harris for tabling the...

Seanad: Compulsory Retirement from the Irish Army of Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: ): I welcome the Minister of State. No. 37 is a motion on the compulsory retirement of Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste in 1969. Before calling on Senator Eoghan Harris to propose the motion, I remind the House that there is a long-standing rule of the Seanad that the President should be outside and above debate in the House. Under Article 13.8.1° of the Constitution, the President is not...

Seanad: Compulsory Retirement from the Irish Army of Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Chris Mullin.