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Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I am giving my view on these amendments and how I would like to progress this issue.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: Members can take that whatever way they like. Ultimately, while I accept the reasons this is being done in this way, the effect of it will be that we will codify an offence that most people do not believe in on grounds that people will not be able to bring actions and even if they were able to do so, it is unlikely there would be prosecutions on foot of such actions. That makes a nonsense...

Seanad: Stardust Tragedy: Motion (8 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I was 18 on 14 February 1981 and with tens of thousands of my generation in hundreds of locations throughout the country we were in premises not unlike the Stardust - large, cavernous and dark with no indication of where we were to go or what we were to do in the event of something terrible happening. The overriding feeling of many of us subsequently was very much one of "there but for the...

Seanad: Telecommunications Services: Motion (8 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I am very happy to speak to the Labour Party Private Members' motion on broadband this evening. I hope it might be able to reciprocate the next time the Green Party has Private Members' time. That is a reference to last week.

Seanad: Telecommunications Services: Motion (8 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: It is important this debate is held on a regular basis. The questions raised in moving the motion and the contributions so far will help in developing our broadband infrastructure. I was struck on hearing the opening contributions that the statistics related to October 2007. While there are many issues one can accuse the Minister of, to have him solely responsible for the state of...

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I will not criticise the Cathaoirleach's percussion techniques. Given the nature of the recent High Court decision that brought this amendment Bill into being, this Bill has to be narrow in focus. There is a legal situation that must be remedied and the Bill has been put forward in this regard. That does not mean there is no need for wider and more comprehensive legislation. The Members...

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: The Chairman cannot contribute to the debate.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: This legislation can be looked at from a number of angles. There is no doubt that for most of the history of this State the salaries of those involved in public life compared very badly with salaries in the private sector and in the upper reaches of the Civil Service. Systems were put in place to compensate for this, such as income tax at half the rate of ordinary workers and expenses and...

Seanad: Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: Regarding that €300 per week, I have the advantage of having been elected before the changes in the law in 2005. People newly elected to this Seanad, such as Senator Buttimer, and those elected to the other House after the legislation was passed will not be entitled to such a pension until they are older. I think this is a good change. If an election is held in 2011, the money saved from...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: Can the Order of Business be amended so that No. 25 on the Order Paper will be taken before No. 1? On the importance and value of this House, I mentioned the Broadcasting Bill on yesterday's Order of Business. This House does itself a disservice when Members say that any attempt to amend legislation is seen as a climb down or U-turn. The point of our being in this Chamber is to amend...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: We have our own avenues.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: What Standing Order is that? Name the Standing Order.

Seanad: Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009: First Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to give effect to the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of weapons of depleted uranium.

Seanad: Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009: First Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Seanad: Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009: First Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: On Tuesday, 7 July.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: In completing the Bill, we have undertaken a small but important step towards giving autonomy, independence and more effective use of spending to local government. Hopefully, the recommendations of the Commission on Taxation and the decisions the Government will make through being informed on the White Paper on Local Government will help that process in the coming months. The House has...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I thank the Minister of State for the amendments accepted to date in both Houses relating to homelessness, especially the arguments advanced by the Make Room campaign. The fact that so many amendments have been taken on board demonstrates how well the policy has been formed and practised and how the issue has proceeded. In any given set of proposals from NGOs not everything will be...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: When the Bill was initiated in this House, I raised the matter with the Minister and found him willing to introduce these amendments. I am glad they have been accepted in the other House. This issue has been a long-running sore since legal difficulties arose when the scheme was first introduced in the 1980s. The mechanism chosen will alleviate most of the concerns which have arisen since....

Seanad: Unemployment: Motion (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: There are two immutable rules in politics, one is that the Opposition will invariably seek to portray things as worse than they are and the other is that the Government, however it is composed, will always seek to claim that things are far better than they are. Tonight's debate has contained many such examples. I thank the main Opposition party for its contribution and its provision of five...

Seanad: Unemployment: Motion (1 Jul 2009)

Dan Boyle: I realise Senator Hannigan found himself caught out in the debate as the time was exceeded but I am surprised the Labour Party did not contribute to the debate on unemployment.