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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010: Second Stage (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Bill contains many valuable and necessary changes in regard to the organisation of social protection. The main provision in the Bill, the transfer from FÁS of employment and community services, is probably long overdue. The extent to which FÁS outgrew itself as an organisation and the loss of direction which resulted from that has meant that many of these changes are necessary. The...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010: Second Stage (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The fact we allowed such a situation to develop was far from sustainable. I welcome the further reduction and the moves to rationalise this area. Senator Mullen pointed to the necessary changes in this Bill which were promised by the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010. Whatever about the concerns people have about the debate on the Social Welfare...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: Senator Fitzgerald raised the issue of bonuses being paid to officials in the Department of Finance, on which she was joined by Senators Ross, Coffey, Hannigan, MacSharry, Healy Eames, Buttimer, Dearey, Coghlan, Hanafin and Ormonde. I believe there are two points that reflect the seriousness every Member of the House feels on the matter. First is the failure that allowed such a system to...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: -----it is a matter that will have importance attaching to it. The reality is that when people are talking about negotiations, and I have no difficulty in having further debate on this in the House, I pose the question, renegotiations by whom? An impression is being given that somehow the people who have negotiated on behalf of the State, namely, the Governor of the Central Bank, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The implication of asking for a renegotiation is, I believe, an implication of the vote of confidence in those very people. Those are the same people who would be negotiating on behalf of the State in any subsequent renegotiation.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: People should be more honest about it. The idea is that this has been a politically controlled situation; it has not. This has been a technocratic, technical negotiation.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The reality is that this country has to access money and if it does not do so by this means, the only other means is on international money markets at twice the rate secured, if not more. Any economic planning that is based on accessing money at twice the cost we are getting under this deal must be honestly admitted by those who are calling for a renegotiation.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: Senators Dearey and Ormonde called for debate on the Construction Contracts Bill which was introduced in this House by Senator Quinn. The Senator has advised the House that this is a Bill of increasing complexity and he is dealing with the Office of the Attorney General to try to resolve those difficulties and bring it back to the House at the earliest opportunity. There is one difficulty...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The Order of Business is No. 1, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010, changed from Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010 - Second Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and conclude not later than 2 p.m., if not previously concluded, on which spokespersons may speak for 12 minutes and all other Senators for eight minutes and Senators may share...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: These are the alternatives we are talking about. In terms of the rest of the Bill, I want to place on record my concern with regard to controlling public sector pensions. We know that 80% of expenditure is on health, education and social protection, and we know 40% is on social protection alone. One of the most frightening statistics for me is that 50% of all expenditure is made up of a...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: We are taking an income reduction of 5% because of the PRSI changes, but that is largely seen as cosmetic. Some 90% of the measures contained in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010 are positive and correct. They counterbalance most of the negative reaction to budget 2011 and the EU-IMF package. I hope that, rather than having a late night debate at the...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: I wish to share time with Senator Dearey.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: Senator Norris has put on record his concerns with how this Bill is being portrayed as an attack on the poor. Undoubtedly, there are a series of unpalatable decisions in the whole cocktail of measures the budget for 2011 has involved and in the package from the EU and IMF. I believe there has been huge misrepresentation, however, about the degree to which this is unfair and does not...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The question of a minimum interest rate is what is available to us on the international market. I received a very interesting e-mail today from a Philip Coyle and I presume other Senators received it as well. The e-mail outlined the impact of default in Argentina in 1991 and demonstrated that the rates of poverty increased incrementally during the ten year period that followed.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: When I hear people saying that default is the option open to us, they are talking directly about the Argentinian experience. If people are talking about social justice and addressing poverty, they should look at Argentina. Dare they say this is a vista that should be visited on this country?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: In debating the Social Welfare Bill, we need to consider the scale of the moneys involved - €22 billion. Even allowing for the adjustments provided for in the Bill, we are talking about a level of spending that is over 40% of the total spending of the State each year. That is unsustainable in the medium term. We must also take into account the levels of increases that have happened over...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: It is listed for Friday.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: The issue was raised on that side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: Senator Coffey should criticise his colleagues.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dan Boyle: As the Senator will find out.