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Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: My confidence is based on the fact that the structure of the economy has changed and our relationships with trading partners are much different. For instance, when we joined the European Economic Community we conducted 50% of our trade with the United Kingdom, our main trading partner. This figure has reduced to 14% and our main trading partner is now the United States, with which we...

Seanad: Economic Outlook: Motion (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: He will give them though.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: Last weekend I had the pleasure of visiting Belfast on the occasion of the annual conference of the Green Party in Northern Ireland. The Green Party in Northern Ireland is a regional council of the Green Party on this island. We are one of only two political parties that operate on an all-island basis. Not only are we represented in both Houses of the Oireachtas but we are also represented...

Seanad: Control of Exports Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I welcome the inclusion of this amendment, its passage in Dáil Éireann and it being reported to Seanad Éireann. This amendment was recommended by the Green Party and I am glad that the Minister has seen fit to include it in the Bill. It is important that we have internal compliance procedures for licence holders and it is important that those procedures be mandatory. It is also...

Seanad: Control of Exports Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I accept the Minister of State's explanation for the need for this amendment as the Bill has taken some time to go through both Houses of the Oireachtas and the elections to both Houses was part of that process. I welcome the fact that an annual report is part of the procedures of this Bill and, along with Senator Carty, I feel it is important that the reporting mechanism for such a Bill...

Seanad: Control of Exports Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (20 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I too will welcome the final passage of this Bill into enactment when it is signed by Uachtarán na hÉireann as it represents an important development in legislation in this area. This applies particularly to the area of licensing and the introduction of a series of controls on an industry that few members of the public in Ireland wish to see develop. On those grounds, the legislation...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I agree with the sentiments expressed by Senator White. We should also take the opportunity to welcome the fact that the commission on taxation has now been established. It is the first such commission to be established for over two decades. As a House of the Oireachtas, we should, in general terms, allow it to get on with its work. It is due to report in September 2009. We will have...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: For too long, the debate on waste in Ireland has been about the end of pipe solutions, that is, how one disposes of the waste that is created. In Ireland, we invariably have chosen the landfill option and rarely took into account properly the reason so much waste is produced in the first instance. The per capita amount of waste produced in Ireland often is twice that produced by many of our...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: There has been a general welcome for the Bill, as there should be, and it is about time as it is informed by international law such as the conventions of the UN and of the Council of Europe. We have been tardy in recognising the existence and scale of the problem and the need for appropriate legislation to deal with it but, thankfully, the Legislature is dealing with this. The Bill was...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: The Senator is not yet 35.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I did not know I had been silent, particularly this week. It may be in order in the relatively short term to have a debate on the question of privilege, once the High Court has adjudicated on particular matters. The use of privilege by Members of both Houses of the Oireachtas is a matter that needs to be debated in 2008. There is an onus on all of us to find out how and when it is used,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I respect the Cathaoirleach's ruling.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I am not talking about an individual tribunal. In wider debates on this issue, Members should be consistent on whether they think tribunals should continue, close or whether the matters being determined by them should be decided by them or in these Chambers. That is the problem.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I would like a debate on aviation policy because if matters are not resolved regarding the ongoing debt at Cork Airport linked to its new terminal, it has been threatened that the future management of the airport will come under the auspices of the Dublin Airport Authority, which is contrary to a programme for Government commitment to work towards the independent management of both Cork and...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the national spatial strategy, which will help us to identify key projects for which resources can be provided, such as the Cork docklands project or the Limerick city regeneration project.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is important to have such a debate, while not pre-empting any debate on the Finance Bill, which will be a debate about the contents of that Bill, rather than its omissions. I would be happy to discuss such finer points at any opportunity. I only hope that when we discuss the Finance Bill, all Members of the House will inform themselves about the budgetary process and have an...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: ——must undergo a certain level of EU approval.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: One particular scheme which I would like to see happen in the Cork docklands area would need such approval. The scheme would precipitate immediate development and involves giving assistance to IAWS to move from the Cork docklands to a new, greenfield site. Much remediation work will be needed on the site in the docklands, which is a listed Seveso contaminated site. For any development to...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Dan Boyle: ——thing that needs to happen is the development of this particular area. I am confident the Minister for Finance understands and supports this and will be introducing necessary measures. To do that, we must obtain approval from the EU and I am also confident in that regard. The task force members of the Cork docklands project are fully behind the Government. We need this debate...

Seanad: Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (31 Jan 2008)

Dan Boyle: It is opportune to have this debate so soon after the Seanad addressed the issue. In the interim there have been several important international events that require comment to put in context the international debate on climate change. The first was the United Nations conference in Bali, which excited a good deal of media attention, not all favourable. The Irish contribution to that was...