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Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: It will be delivered.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: I take this opportunity to respond to some of the requests made by the leaders of the other groups in respect of the current status of the civil partnership Bill. The position is largely unchanged. The Bill is being prepared and further discussion is taking place in respect of certain elements of it. The delay has occurred partly because of those ongoing discussions and also because there...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: It would be useful to engage in a debate on pricing and the difference between prices in Northern Ireland and the Republic. Some of us attended the Mitchell conference in Belfast last week and I encountered one notable discrepancy in prices, namely, that charged in respect of The Irish Times. North of the Border, that newspaper costs £1 sterling. Under current exchange rates, this amounts...

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: In the 1940s, writing in his Cruiskeen Lawn column in The Irish Times, Brian O'Nolan, probably writing as Myles na gCopaleen or one of the other vast array of characters he used, talked about road development. He was writing satirically at a time when the tram services had stopped in all the Irish cities and rail lines were being ripped up left, right and centre. His argument was that one...

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: That type of transport planning which has bedevilled us over generations has always been, if the House will pardon the pun, the wrong road to go down. There is no need to question the fact that one of the most advanced inventions of the 20th century was the private motor car. The freedom it gave to people changed the nature of society. However, that freedom has come with a price. It has...

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: I will tell the Senator what I am happy with. He talked about an orbital ring road, with which I will deal later. In terms of the practice of road building in the early part of this decade, the cost of the initial road programme in 1998 increased from €5.8 billion to €18 billion. I am glad that those mistakes are not being repeated with Transport 21. It is important that we get our...

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: Not in the Chair.

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: Does Senator McFadden second the amendment?

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: I request the Senator to address the motion rather than the Chair, for once.

Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: I am glad we are putting context into the debate because we are discussing the WTO talks known as the development round, which were started in Doha. The explicit purpose of these negotiations is to deal with the needs of the developing world and how trade can be used as an instrument to improve the lot of two thirds of the world's population living in subsistence. It is curious we are...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: I do not want to prejudge tonight's Private Members' debate but I want to respond briefly to some of the points raised by Senator Fitzgerald on today's Order of Business. In regard to Transport 21, I can affirm that it is within the provision of the programme for Government, and every element of the Transport 21 programme will be attempted to be achieved——

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: ——within the lifetime of this Government or of the plan itself. From my party's viewpoint, we would like elements of Transport 21 to be rejudged in terms of which projects should be given priority. That was the nature of yesterday's exercise. On the Senator's second question about the imposition of a congestion charge, a question was raised on this matter by a journalist having regard...

Seanad: Tragedy in Burma: Statements (20 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: I wish to share time with Senator de Búrca.

Seanad: Tragedy in Burma: Statements (20 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate him on his appointment. I am sure responding to issues like this will be grist to his mill however unpalatable are the events that lie behind it. Scientifically, the reasons violent weather events occur are fairly well known to us though philosophically and theologically probably less so. There is no easy, political answer as to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: I support the call for debate on the housing issue, but I am sure it cannot take place today. We cannot expect an instant response in terms of having an available Minister. The memorandum in terms of responsibility between Cabinet Members and Ministers of State has not yet been fully drawn up. There still could be uncertainty over who has full responsibility and would be best to come into...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: I share the concern on some of the reasons cited. We must be clear that a funding mechanism for the projects has collapsed and there is an onus on the local authority concerned and the appropriate Department to ensure a proper, appropriate funding mechanism is put in place. The communities identified are in need of housing and these projects should be completed as soon as possible. We...

Seanad: Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: The next amendment arises from Committee Stage proceedings. Amendments Nos. 14 and 36 are related. Amendment No. 11 is a logical alternative to amendment No. 10; amendment No. 15 is a logical alternative to amendment No. 14; and amendment No. 37 is a logical alternative to amendment No. 36. Therefore, amendments Nos. 10, 11, 14, 15, 36 and 37 are related and may be discussed together by...

Seanad: Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: Amendment No. 12 arises from Committee Stage proceedings.

Seanad: Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: Amendments Nos. 16 and 17 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2008)

Dan Boyle: Amendments Nos. 18 and 19 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.