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Seanad: Climate Change: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: That is the reality.

Seanad: Climate Change: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: This is the seriousness with which the issue is treated by some people.

Seanad: Climate Change: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: If people are making arguments about the nature of future life on this planet on the basis of whether frogs are counted or not, they are not grasping the issue. Unless we know how plant, animal and human life is affected, we will not be able to face the future.

Seanad: Climate Change: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: If the Senator and the Fine Gael Party leader raise this issue they must endure the consequences in terms of how they argue it, often in ignorance.

Seanad: Climate Change: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: It is important that this House has had an opportunity to make statements that will I believe be of assistance to the Minister as he attends-----

Seanad: Climate Change: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: No, I do not.

Seanad: Climate Change: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: It is important we have had an opportunity to make statements on climate change. They will assist the Minister as he goes to what will be an important conference. I know the House is at one in ensuring we obtain as positive a response as possible.

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: I begin by thanking the Labour Party first for accommodating Private Members' Time in the past fortnight and second for introducing this Bill. It is timely in the sense that it addresses an important consumer issue that has a particular poignancy at this time of the year. I admit I have occasionally indulged in the art of present giving through vouchers. However, it must be accepted that...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: The House should at the earliest possible opportunity discuss the Budget Statement to be made tomorrow in the other House. It is important that the timing of the debate be such that it will allow this House to be heard to maximum effect. The tradition has been to speak on the budget on a Wednesday evening at a time which clashed with the speeches of Opposition speakers in the other House....

Seanad: Interim Report on Flooding on River Shannon, November 2000: Statements (4 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: I refer to the Doherty reports of 2000 and 2002 which are the central documents for this debate and which deal with flooding events and flood management in the River Shannon area. The debate is also informed by the country-wide flooding experienced in recent weeks and the flooding of the Shannon and its tributaries has been the slowest to abate. I welcome the statement by Cork City Council...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: In support of the calls made by other Senators, I ask the Leader to renew his efforts to arrange a special debate or series of debates on social partnership. This might require the assistance of the Cathaoirleach in his role as a member of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges with regard to how the House might interact with representatives of the various social partnership bodies. It...

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) Scheme 2009: Motion (3 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: The introduction of the guarantee scheme in 2008 was immediately followed by criticisms that we would incur €400 billion of debt. We have not and we are unlikely to do so. However, the imposition of the guarantee scheme was the right thing to do and it was necessary. The continuation of the guarantee scheme is a key component of policy, mainly because other countries have adopted the...

Seanad: Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (3 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: In the last decade of the last century and in the first decade of this century, the totems of power and respectability in this country have crumbled. We have seen it happen in regard to our political and financial systems. In terms of religious structures, this report and others have undermined public confidence in those who portrayed themselves as being at the head of our society. As to...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: The legislation is technical in nature and is the third such allocation of a triennial budget to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission since it came into being with the 2003 Act. The House needs to be run and there is an onus on us to ensure the appropriate budget is given. It being frozen for the period 2010 to 2012, as opposed to the three-year period just passed, on the surface seems...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: I have heard the comments of the Minister of State and my colleague and I have some sympathy with what he is trying to achieve. He mentioned hospital consultants and has already noted the contact he has had with the college of psychiatrists. It is important that any consultation process defined to end by March will have all the actors involved. The Minister of State mentioned organisations...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: I thank the Minister of State for the confirmation and clarification of his proposals which give some hope that there will be progress in the immediate future. I thank the Members who have participated in the debate to date. Their contributions show the value of and the necessity for the Seanad as a Chamber which is capable of acting independently. If we have raised an issue which will be...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: Ag leath-uair tar éis a deich maidin amárach.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: Section 1 refers to section 58 of the Mental Health Act 2001 which relates to the practise of psychosurgery. In consultations which took place since the previous occasion on which the legislation was debated, the other sponsors of the Bill and I agreed that it needed to be more focused and should concentrate solely on the involuntary use of electroconvulsive therapy. However, we are still...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: The Senator is just making a point.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Dan Boyle: I thank Members for their contributions. It is important to note we are talking about a limiting of the practice of electroconvulsive therapy. The debate relates to those subjected to the treatment, and whether a majority have been affected in a negative way, rather than helped. The existing law is failing in many respects. The safeguards for patients implemented by the Mental Health...