Results 181-200 of 4,085 for speaker:Dan Boyle
- Seanad: North-South Co-operation on Sex Offenders: Statements (30 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: In such circumstances, I wish to share time with Senator Keaveney in order to facilitate other Members.
- Seanad: North-South Co-operation on Sex Offenders: Statements (30 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: Yes. As a result, Senator Bacik will have a full five minutes in which to contribute.
- Seanad: North-South Co-operation on Sex Offenders: Statements (30 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: I welcome the positive nature of the Minister of State's contribution. There is a broad consensus regarding the need to achieve co-operation, cohesion and coherence in respect of how sex offences are dealt with on both sides of the Border. It is important to state that this is not a one way street. There have been instances where sex offenders lived quite happily here to escape...
- Seanad: North-South Co-operation on Sex Offenders: Statements (30 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: The best area of effective co-operation would be, as highlighted in the Minister of State's speech, between the probation services in both jurisdictions. We need a common standard on how one identifies persons as they are being dealt with in prison, and Senator O'Toole's point about the usage of the facilities that should be there for sex offenders, and how persons as and when they are...
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: I think the Senator just provided us with a preview of Thursday's speech.
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: I look forward to hearing the remainder.
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: I might do so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: If that is not entering into negotiations in public, I do not know what is. We are in a precarious situation and we must wait for negotiations to happen and see what terms are offered. Both Houses of the Oireachtas will then have the opportunity to decide on their worth. It is also dangerous to claim that somehow we can extend the period by which we can deal with our budgetary crisis.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: We need to debate that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: I will go through that. If one is not frontloading-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: If one is not frontloading in the first year, one is undermining further confidence and making larger payments in subsequent years. Extending beyond 2014 to a period like 2017-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: I have heard trade union representatives suggest that. The additional cost to this country of extending to 2017 would be â¬80 billion. This is money we would find it difficult to receive and we would have to pay it back at a certain interest rate. There is a commitment to frontloading and to â¬15 billion. These are benchmarks we need to maintain. A discussion on the Croke Park...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: I wish to just respond to the question from Senator Cummins-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: I welcome co-operation on having a shorter Christmas recess, sitting more days and bringing forward the finance Bill. What my party leader said quite clearly - people are having difficulty in understanding this - is that it will be on the passage of the finance Bill, which we are anticipating by mid-January-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: That is the period. On the passage of the finance Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: Yes. Indeed.
- Seanad: Sport and Recreational Development (24 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: I welcome the Minister of State. My Adjournment matter relates to whether the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport intends to amend the Irish Sports Council Act 1999. I wish to ascertain the criteria for defining what is and is not a sport. I can fully understand that the Minister does not does not want to get directly involved in making such an adjudication, but I believe the...
- Seanad: Sport and Recreational Development (24 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: The nature of the matter I raised was general because the Minister has no specific responsibility in deciding what is or is not a sports activity. Given that the Minister of State has cited section 6(1)(a) and (b) in terms of competitive and recreational activity, the content of my contribution refers to consideration of the need to be more specific in the Irish Sports Council Act and to...
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: At a cursory glance by the media, with them giving the contents even the most superficial treatment, it has to be expected that the four year plan will be reacted to in a most negative light. The contents are truly horrible. We are experiencing a vista that none of us in public life ever could have imagined given the circumstances we enjoyed at the height of the Celtic tiger. That said,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)
Dan Boyle: Today's debate on the national recovery plan will be very important and I welcome the fact other Senators have welcomed the holding of the debate. I look forward to a constructive debate. Some of the points mentioned are pertinent. There are technical difficulties with bringing forward the budget. The tax receipts to the end of November must form part of a Budget Statement so, at best, it...