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Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: What jobs?

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: On Tuesday, 30 March 2010.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Ar 10.30 a.m. maidin amárach.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I agree with the call for a debate on the national pensions framework, especially in the interests of those of us who will have to work for an extra three years when the time comes. It is important that this House should debate the shape of our future society. The call for a debate on the banking inquiry should wait until the terms of reference for the tribunal of inquiry are drawn up.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Those who attended a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service will have heard the Governor of the Central Bank saying he favours the model that is being adopted in the United States, which has some private elements but is largely public in its format. I am confident the tribunal of inquiry, when it is formed, will have large public elements. Can Opposition...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I fully support Senator O'Toole's call for a debate on investment in the arts in the context of economic and social improvement. Is important to focus on the decisions being made by local authorities on spending priorities. I refer particularly to the Fine Gael-led local authority in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, which has made a decision on local library services. It has the right to make...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Who made the decision?

Seanad: Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: I thank Senators for the support they have shown to this Bill and commend them on their considered contributions. The research they put into preparing their speeches reveals a common belief that we can and should address this issue. I am grateful for the intellectual investment Senators have made in the Bill. Senators Cummins, Norris, Ormonde, Hannigan, Quinn, Ó Brolcháin and Dearey have...

Seanad: Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Next Tuesday. Committee Stage ordered for Tuesday, 9 March 2010.

Seanad: Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: Ag 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: It is a pleasure and a privilege to commence the debate on Second Stage of the Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009. The Seanad has a long and distinguished history of raising issues that would not ordinarily be high on the political priority list. The structure and history of the Seanad allows us to introduce such issues. The Bill provides the opportunity to build on the work...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: The extension of legislation in the area of money laundering is to be welcomed and the fact that it fulfils our requirements in terms of the third money laundering directive is sufficient reason for it to be put on the Statute Book. Previous legislation has concentrated very much on the identification of the individual in opening bank accounts. While this has proven to be an inconvenience...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Mar 2010)

Dan Boyle: The present, almost post-terrorist, situation justifies the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform pointing out the willingness of 150 or so people on this island to engage still in terrorist activities for nefarious political ends. To date they have proved incompetent in achieving their goals, but as we have seen from previous atrocities, they need be lucky only once. Money...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children: Statements (24 Feb 2010)

Dan Boyle: There is a line in the famous work by the Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran who wrote The Prophet which suggests our children are not our children but a part of life's longing for itself. The nature of this debate is about the role of children in modern Irish society; not that they are owned or are chattel or that they are part of a particular unit or the State, but that collectively we have a...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Dan Boyle: This is personality politics.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Dan Boyle: No, it has not.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Dan Boyle: Which Standing Order is the Senator quoting?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Dan Boyle: Name the Standing Order.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Dan Boyle: I welcome my friend and colleague, Senator Mark Dearey, to this House. He has been a member of Louth County Council and of Dundalk Town Council for five years before that. Along with his colleagues in County Louth, he helped deliver the best Green Party performance in the previous local elections which were otherwise quite poor and difficult for our party. He has shown himself to be a...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Dan Boyle: Far from it, my reflections are made after heavy consideration.