Results 1,961-1,980 of 4,085 for speaker:Dan Boyle

Northern Ireland Issues. (6 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Is the Taoiseach confident this is the final postponement Mr. MacEntee will seek in making his report? Does he have an indicative date for the publication of the report? With regard to the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland's report on Raymond McCord and the probable findings of the MacEntee commission, might there be grounds for a British-Irish summit dedicated to the issue of collusion...

Ministerial Air Transport Service. (6 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Taoiseach has never been on the M50 at 6 a.m. Regarding the use of the Government jet and the example of the British Government, does the Taoiseach have a protocol in place for engaging in carbon offsetting? Will he provide statistics regarding his use of the Government jet? How often is it flown from Baldonnel and Dublin Airport? I understand one of the operational reasons for flying...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he or his Department has been party to a review of Section 44 of the Health Act 1947 and the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Act 1975 in view of the Government's intention to amalgamate the infectious diseases maintenance and supplementary welfare allowance schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will change the terms of employment of community welfare officers if and when they become the responsibility of his Department. [8107/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether it is timely to conduct a feasibility review into the introduction of universal child benefit payments particularly in view of the recent claim made by the End Child Poverty Alliance that there are over 2000 seeking asylum here who have been denied the payment. [7925/07]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the findings relating to Irish child poverty in the UNICEF report Report Card 7, Child Poverty in Perspective, An Overview of Child Well-being in Rich Countries. [8106/07]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Can the Minister refrain from his apples and oranges argument? This is an international study, a comparison of relative poverty rates.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Any reference the Minister makes to consistent poverty has nothing to do with my question. The UN body compared 25 industrial nations and Ireland ranked 22nd. Regardless of the direction of Government policy, and the Minister's answer admits it has been painfully slow, Ireland should not be in this position after ten years of economic growth. The measures that need to be implemented are...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: It has not changed that much.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Is the Minister's near obsession with the 2% figure not an exercise in spin, giving the impression that 2% poverty exists, with 98% of people not in poverty? Poverty is not an absolute measure but about lack of opportunity and societal disparities in wealth. Ireland remains one of the most unequal societies in Europe and is getting worse. What other measures has the Minister put in place...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Can we make Ireland more normal or average?

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Yes, but the effect of the Government's policies is to make them wider.

Homemakers' Scheme. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: What is the Minister's opinion on the recent OECD report which suggested that the tax allowance for staying at home should be removed? What would the consequences be in terms of social welfare for people who choose to stay at home and care for their families or relatives? It is an important part of our tax system and the Minister should have a view on it.

Homemakers' Scheme. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: I would have thought it has consequences for the social welfare budget.

Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: It will only be 36% actually.

Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: It must have been our submission.

Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: It is 33% of gross average industrial earnings.

Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Minister should be glad that someone reads them.

Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: Nobody is suggesting those pension increases can be achieved in one year. We should strive for a rate of 40% of gross average industrial earnings after one term of Government, 50% after two terms and the European average after three terms. Would it not be the case that the average increase in pensions in those terms would be in the region of €250 million to €350 million per year?

Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Dan Boyle: It already exists in the North.