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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: ...Bills we must parse and analyse and to which we must respond. The statements with which we have been dealing this week and last arose from requests in the House. One thing that can be said about Standing Orders in this House is that they are more responsive than Standing Orders in the other House. It is not only the tolerance of the Chair that allows Members of this House to raise issues...

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Dan Boyle: ...and energy security, which deals with functions that exist in two other Oireachtas committees. If it is a question of phraseology about a sub-committee as opposed to a special committee, perhaps motions could be phrased along that line but however we name this group, and it is named a sub-committee as of now, it is a time specific and issue specific grouping which falls into the remit of...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: In answer to Senator Bacik's request for debates this week, the Leader of the House will respond to the status of the motion relating to Íngrid Betancourt and I will take responsibility for responding to Senator Bacik's Private Members' Bill on targets for climate change. Contrary to what is being said elsewhere, in particular by Friends of the Earth in current e-mails, it was not a promise...

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...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: ..., I would be dubious if such a consensus could be reached. Particular concerns have been expressed about how the Crisis Pregnancy Agency deals with certain organisations. There is scope under our Standing Orders for people to raise such matters either on the Adjournment or by framing a particular question as a motion for Private Members' business. Outside a wider agreement between...