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Seanad: Shoppers Task Force: Motion (3 Dec 2008)

Dan Boyle: That is utter nonsense. The Senator has made four mistakes with his economic figures.

Seanad: Shoppers Task Force: Motion (3 Dec 2008)

Dan Boyle: That is not true.

Seanad: Shoppers Task Force: Motion (3 Dec 2008)

Dan Boyle: The amount will be less than that.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: I welcome that we will have a debate on public sector reform. I would like to request an additional debate on an issue linked to that agenda, namely, the existence of State agencies and public bodies in this country. The budget process has put in train a rationalisation plan for many of them and contains proposals in regard to shared secretariats for others. Yesterday's document indicates...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: If the House is prepared to provide time for such a debate and to pursue such a role for itself, it could go a long way towards restoring some of the public confidence lost by recent revelations.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (26 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is good to see a charities Bill finally working its way through the Houses of the Oireachtas. It has been a long time in gestation since the first treatment of the Bill was made available a number of years ago. It was promised over the course of several years. One can see by its length that there were many issues to be considered, some of which are still open for consideration. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: The Leader will be well-disposed towards a debate on public sector reform in the light of the publication today of a Government report. Such a debate is necessary. Some of the things said have already been highlighted in the OECD report and should form the context of such a debate. Many people mentioned the positive aspects of that report but there were many negative aspects. It discussed...

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: This is a significant Bill and at a time when we live in a world full of economic and environmental crises, the ability to consider legislation that has consequences towards bringing about a safer world, however far it goes down that particular road, should be welcomed by all Members. This Bill recalls the proud role played by previous Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Governments in trying...

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: Having already passed through the Lower House, the changes that need to be made to the Bill are narrow in nature. The overall principle of the Bill is widely accepted in the Houses and the body public. On these grounds, I would not only welcome the expeditious passage of the Bill, but also encourage those involved in the process to ensure that another treaty on these and other odious...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: I support the calls made in the House today for a number of debates, particularly in respect of FÁS. Such a debate must be the widest type possible, particularly as we are entering a time in which there will be increasing job losses and a need to retrain many members of our society. Members must ask whether FÁS, as currently structured, is in a position to do so. Where stand community...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: I support the calls for debates on equality and the economy. The first of these is a debate on equality and Senator Fitzgerald suggestion that it should be linked to the first vote for women in an electoral contest is as good a peg as any on which to hang it. With regard to spending curbs on State agencies, no one in the House can state any agency should be unaffected. However, obvious...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: Until this is clarified we need further debate. With regard to the Combat Poverty Agency and the act in the process of being committed, it is regrettable that a stand-alone independent agency will not be in place. The opportunity to debate this matter in the upcoming Social Welfare Bill will allow as far as possible the body to be formed between the Combat Poverty Agency and the Office for...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: It must be about accommodation. Too much taxation will depress the economy and not allow people the opportunity to restore it.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: If too many cuts are made in public expenditure it will also mean recovery is delayed. If too much is borrowed it will place a further burden on future taxpayers and we will not get out of this hole.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: We must achieve a balance.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: I look forward to the debate because some of contributions I heard suggested that any taxation measure or spending curb is wrong and everything can be solved by borrowing our way out of the problem. If one aspires to Government one must make these decisions and place proposals on the table.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: We need this debate not so much for the economy of the country——

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: Someone must save the pennies.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: We need this debate not so much to consider the future of the economy——

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: ——but to assist the parties in Opposition to clarify their own economic thinking should they be in Government some day.