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Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I am not criticising it.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: My own familiarity with the use of judicial action against departmental or Government inaction came about early in my political career when I met Marie O'Donoghue, whose son Paul took the initial case that was subsequently followed on in the Sinnott case in regard to lifelong learning for people with an intellectual disability. While we are concentrating narrowly in terms of autism on...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: That is not a fault solely of Government. It has to do——

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: They are the State's resources.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I would like to think that the whole point of my contribution is to highlight that we have not been having this debate properly. It has been conducted in the normal discourse of politics, namely, finger pointing and name calling. It is not addressing the wider ramifications of the issue or the long-term needs. I pointed out a series of measures by which other political parties and other...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: The Government has a responsibility that I feel is being fulfilled to a certain extent but, as an individual person, I think it needs to be improved upon. That process is not helped, either in terms of the issue or the people who live with it, by the use of the issue as a political football. That is the central point of my contribution.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I would like to think I am contributing to a debate rather than explaining my reasons for contributing to a debate. I am not identifying individual people or contributions that have been made in recent hours. To deal with this issue requires a significant change of mindset by the Minister, the Department and everyone involved in politics, especially the Opposition.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is a shared responsibility.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I did not get my three minutes back.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: The statements on a national waste strategy are proceeding through the House and we will return to them next week. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government will be in the House to take this debate. The opportunity of the Minister's presence should be used to make a definitive statement on waste management policy. Last evening, an application was made to An Bord...

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I sense a huge dichotomy between the motion presented to us this evening by Fine Gael and the opening contributions of its members. On the surface I cannot disagree with the wording of the motion as I want to see an acceleration of the reform of sectors of our economy. I want the role of the Oireachtas to be respected. I want to ensure vital infrastructure is delivered and the funding...

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I am referring to the rate of economic growth used by the Fine Gael Party, not whether two sides of the balance sheet added up.

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: The Fine Gael Party produced an exaggerated rate of economic growth, which it was not possible to achieve, either then or now. We are not in a national or international recession, nor is the economy stagnation. The worst thing to happen to the economy, still one of the best performers in Europe, is that the rate of economic growth has slowed. Valid criticisms can be made of the way in which...

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I am a few decibels short of my ranting voice.

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: If my words are so offensive to the Senators opposite, the truth must hurt.

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: Since 1982, the Fine Gael Party has been found wanting in seeking the confidence of the electorate.

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: The reason it has been found wanting is that it has not been honest economically. In the current international economic climate we are still projecting an annual economic growth rate of 2.7% this year, which is well above the European average and double that of most of our competitors. I am confident we will not have a repeat of our experience of the 1980s because the economic growth...

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: Did the Senator not hear Senator MacSharry's contribution? The EU said exactly what I said.

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: The EU referred to lower rates of growth. The Fine Gael Party can complain when it is in Government and achieves economic growth every year. If one does not have economic growth, one does not have the additional resources to meet needs.

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I read it avidly. Senator Buttimer might do the same when he understands economics.