Results 841-860 of 4,085 for speaker:Dan Boyle

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: We import cars. It does not help our economy in terms of our balance of payments. One needs to understand that.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: It affects our economy in terms of the people employed in the industry.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: Several Senators raised the issue of prison policy. Senators Healy Eames, Bacik, Ormonde, Hannigan and Mullen referred to the Amnesty report which could be a good basis for a debate. I agree with the views of Senators who spoke about the need to look at non-custodial sentences. I do not believe the value of a society can be measured by the number of people it locks up. It would be helpful...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: The need to build a new prison is as much about the need to replace unacceptable prison spaces and I hope that point will be made in any such debate. Senator Glynn spoke about the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come to the House to talk about planning enforcement and how unnecessary delays are having an impact on the local economy. That request...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: I said it would be difficult.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: The Order of Business is No. 1, Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 - all Stages, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business, with the contributions of spokespersons on Second Stage not to exceed 12 minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed seven minutes, and on which Senators may share time; and No. 2, earlier signature motion, to be taken at the...

Seanad: Dairy Industry: Motion (24 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: All Members in the Chamber agree that producers receiving prices that are below the cost of production is unacceptable. Measures must be found to counteract that and ameliorate the situation. The motion places too much emphasis and onus on the Government through the mechanism of the Common Agricultural Policy in particular. The Minister has highlighted the measures taken to improve the...

Seanad: Dairy Industry: Motion (24 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: I have mentioned the point to him. It is the decision of the Department of Finance.

Seanad: Dairy Industry: Motion (24 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: Collectively, it is a point we should raise, especially in a time of economic downturn, when we should encourage small, locally based industries. These constraints are unnecessary, unhelpful and have the opposite effect that they should have.

Seanad: Dairy Industry: Motion (24 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: I am greatly encouraged by the support of the Senators this evening.

Seanad: Dairy Industry: Motion (24 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: Should I feel the need to contact them during upcoming negotiations, I will do so.

Seanad: Dairy Industry: Motion (24 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: The point I am trying to get across concerns the essence of the motion. I can understand that it is a response to the current difficult position of many milk producers but it is very narrow in what it states. It argues that the difficulty is with the Government and the Common Agricultural Policy but it is far more than that. There are deep structural commercial policy issues and there are...

Seanad: Dairy Industry: Motion (24 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: I am just pointing out how the motion is narrow.

Seanad: Dairy Industry: Motion (24 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: I welcome this important debate. It addresses the concern which exists but it also needs to consider the wider picture. Having this debate will help to open many of those avenues. I am a member of the minority party in the Government with a particular view on sustainability and food production, and the focus in both the Government amendment and the original proposal is too narrow. They do...

Seanad: Dairy Industry: Motion (24 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: I would like to conclude by using my own words. As this debate progresses, I hope that more of us participating in the political process will take the opportunity to look at the wider picture. The dairy industry, milk production and rural Ireland needs us to do so.

Seanad: Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: Senator Alex White asked, in respect of Anglo Irish Bank and the option taken by Government in September-October last year, whether that institution was of systemic importance to the Irish economy. Taken on the level of whether it was run competently and whether those involved in it were offering a useful service to its customers and the State, it would be difficult to argue that. It has...

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: There is no glossing over the fact this has been a difficult set of elections for the Green Party-Comhaontas Glas. It is part of the maturing of any political party to experience election success and also deep failures. It was the lot of Fine Gael in the 2002 general election and the Labour Party in the 1997 and 1987 general elections. We live in an era of pendulum politics where large...

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: They enjoy the circumstances in which the country finds itself and they want the Government to suffer through them.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: If the challenge were really given to the Opposition, within 18 months of being in power they would find themselves in the same position as this Government.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Dan Boyle: One cannot make decisions on the public finances and the economic future without being unpopular.