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Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I will respond to the taunts of Senator Buttimer.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I will respond.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: He does not seem to be interested in listening.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I would like to have it one way.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: We are in Government, we are making these arguments, we are making a difference and we will make a difference in this case.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: We are. Part of the programme manager system is addressing this issue. It is under active consideration.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: This issue is under active consideration.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: How much time do I have left?

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: Most of my time is being eroded.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: The salient point I make is true. In raising this issue on the Order of Business, the leader of the Fine Gael group read out a letter she received from someone known to me who I would call a friend and whose circumstances I am very familiar with. She is a young mother with a young child who has chosen to work in the arts sector on a minimum wage because she gets job satisfaction from the job...

Seanad: Government's Irish Aid Strategy: Statements (13 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: At 10:30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Government's Irish Aid Strategy: Statements (13 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate and do not intend to repeat much of what has been said. The Minister of State has been gracious enough to oversee a debate that has proceeded for several hours. We can have great pride in the Irish aid programme. The many debates we had in the past on our failure to donate 0.7% of gross national product by 2007 are over and...

Seanad: Food Safety: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 13 November 2007.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: Today we have had a more varied assembly of requests from Members but some were also carried over from yesterday's Order of Business. I regret that I have not been able to announce the availability of the Minister for Health and Children to attend the House. I am confident, however, that we will have confirmation of her intention to come here by the time we meet again next Tuesday. Several...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I am trying to explain the current situation. A consultant report has referred to a debt of €50 million being carried over, but that is disputed by the interim committee for the Cork Airport Authority. That is where the matter lies at the moment and I do not believe any firm decision has been made on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I will try to find that out. Senator Coffey spoke about the raising of the Père Charles, which is the second vessel to be raised this week. The Minister is to be commended on trying to meet the concerns of the family involved. It is subject to ongoing policy review as to whether this could be done in every circumstance. It does not seem to be standard practice in other countries, but the...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I hope that every question can be answered eventually, even if not within the scope of this reply. I am trying to get through all the submissions that have been made this morning. We should acknowledge the appointment of a press ombudsman operating through the informal press council that the media organisations have established themselves. The fact that the ombudsman is a former Member of...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: Senator Ross spoke about Leinster Lawn and I know that the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government has expressed his unhappiness about it in the past. There have been proposals for an underground parking facility to restore the lawn to its former glory, but these have not been funded. It is a matter for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission and perhaps Members of the House...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Order of Business today is No. 1, statements on Government policy on food safety, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business. It is proposed that spokespersons may speak for 12 minutes and all other Senators for eight minutes.

Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I second the motion. One of the more interesting features of Standing Orders in this House is that the Government side has Private Members' time to highlight what it regards as interesting developments in specific policy areas, a facility not available in the other House. The side effect of this is that Government motions may sometimes appear self-congratulatory and other Senators may view...