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

Dan Boyle: The Senator is proving my argument. The nature of the problems confronting us are serious and require more than Government action alone. The motion is an attempt to engage in a public debate on the issue.

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

Dan Boyle: The Senator is welcome to read my contributions to debates.

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

Dan Boyle: I welcome the debate, even if it might lead us down some dark alleys. In moving the motion, I set out to acknowledge the direction of Government policy. While we have not yet achieved anything in some areas, some Government initiatives are important in their own right. For example, the establishment of the committee on climate change and energy security and the existence of a Cabinet...

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

Dan Boyle: I am prepared to take language tainted elsewhere and put it in a better and more positive context. We are dealing with ignorance and vested interests, to whose advantage our continuation in this way would be. Without the ability to tackle the issue collectively, we will make our problems worse. I disagree with statements to the effect that the paying of credits alone is a sufficient policy...

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

Dan Boyle: The best place to introduce them would be at the Oireachtas committee. Some of the measures listed in the amendment are also listed in the programme for Government.

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

Dan Boyle: I support the amendment in spirit——

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

Dan Boyle: ——but it does not add to the motion. If the Opposition wants this area to work, everything should be on the table and the policy should be supported by everyone in political life.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: There is no doubt as to what the common theme on the Order of Business is today. I assure Members that the anxiety that has been expressed for an early debate on this is shared and that already efforts have been made to have a representative from the Department of Health and Children come to the House at the earliest possible time to facilitate such a debate. The Minister for Health and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I do not argue with the Senator's point. I have not heard any member of the Cabinet saying he or she would be willing to forgo the proposed increase.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: Senators Mullen and Ormonde requested a debate on the care of older people. That will be facilitated at the earliest possible opportunity. Senator MacSharry requested a debate on the national spatial strategy. Such a debate would be timely. Senator Leyden asked for the return to this House of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, in regard to codes of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: The likelihood is that it will be debated from the first instance. When we have information in that regard we will bring it to the attention of the Senator. He also asked the House to recognise the contribution of Nuala O'Loan as Police Ombudsman in the North. The House would be very willing to do that. She has helped to define the role and she has used the potential of the role to the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: The effect——

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Senator was pointing out——

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: We will have to get information on what is the policy and why delays occur in that area. It is more a question of information being supplied to the Senator rather than having a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: We will wait to receive a reply from the Department first and see whether the Senator is satisfied with that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: Senator Hannigan referred to the proposed deferral of tax cuts. I am not too sure whether he wants to put that ahead of the areas of increased public spending to which he referred. One cannot square that particular circle. The arts funding to which he referred is something which, to be fair, the Government has increased significantly in recent years. Last year alone, funding to the Arts...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I am referring only to items raised by Members.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I have just been reminded of other items about which I had forgotten. Access to third level might be addressed in a general debate or in its own right. While free fees do not seem to have brought about the level playing field many of us had hoped for, there is movement in terms of the individual access programmes run by each of the third level institutions, which seem to be having at least...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the community child care subvention scheme 2008-2010, which shall be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and which shall, if not previously concluded, adjourn not later than 5 p.m. and resume, if not previously concluded, on Tuesday next, with the contributions of spokespersons not to exceed 15 minutes and those of all other Senators...

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: I am grateful to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I acknowledge the atmosphere in which it is being held and the earlier contribution of Senator Alex White. It is important when dealing with the issue of serious crime that we all acknowledge that we have genuine concerns individually and within our respective political parties about its existence and on the need to remedy...