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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Do they involve the Senator's constituents?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Joe O'Toole: With my name on the bottom of it.

Seanad: Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Second Stage (26 Oct 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I thank Senator Quinn for sharing his time. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is another complex issue, with which he will deal quietly and move on. Anything do to with patent laws usually gets the industrial sector into a twist. During the 1990s when there were problems and proposals regarding the extension of the period of patient, there was chaos in sectors of industry....

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: We had a long debate last week on the question of our commitment to the Kyoto Protocol. I do not believe any Member on this side of the House is more committed to the environment than any Member on the other side but I firmly believe that Ministers and Members of Government parties are being set up with false information on the issue. Last Wednesday night, the Minister stated everything was...

Seanad: Official Languages Act 2003: Statements (1 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Fáiltím roimh an Aire, atá istigh sa Teach arís inniu, agus go mór leis an alt deireanach nuair a dúirt sé go raibh sé sásta an rud seo a phlé agus go n-éistfeadh sé leis na moltaí a bheadh ag teacht ó Chiarraí ar an cheist chasta seo, cé nach bhfuil sí chomh casta sin. Is maith an rud é seo a chur ar an taifead inniu. Aontaím go mór lena lán de na rudaí atá ráite ag...

Seanad: Official Languages Act 2003: Statements (1 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Mar ainm amháin. Sin an rud a bhí ann. Sin an rud atá ráite. Gan amhras, tá a lán de seo ag brath ar an Rialtas.

Seanad: Official Languages Act 2003: Statements (1 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Caithfidh mé an méid seo a rá. Ó thosaigh an chonspóid seo, tá sé seo ráite agam. Mar nach bhfuilim i mo chónaí san áit sin, níor chóir go mbeinn á rá cad é ba cheart a bheith ann mar ainm. Fágaim é sin faoi mhuintir Dhaingean Uí Chúis, An Daingin, nó Dingle. Is é an rud atá á rá agamsa ná gur chóir don chinneadh a bheith déanta acu siúd.

Seanad: Official Languages Act 2003: Statements (1 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: B'fhearr liom go rachfaí i gcomhair le coiste mhuintir Dhaingin Uí Chúis chun é sin a phlé leo. Tá sé an-tábhachtach. Is é ceann de na rudaí a thit amach ná é seo — an ainm Gaoluinne nó Béarla é Dingle? Tá sé chomh Gaelach le "hata" nó "corp" nó 24 other words that I could give the Minister in Irish that are absolutely English in origin. I have never doubted the...

Seanad: Official Languages Act 2003: Statements (1 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: That would make perfect legal sense. Ultimately, we must determine our objective and arrive at a solution that will give equal status to the Irish name and make it official for the first time.

Seanad: Official Languages Act 2003: Statements (1 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Address by the European Union Ambassador to the United States (8 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: On behalf of the Independent group, I welcome the ambassador, Mr. Bruton, and thank him for his wide-ranging speech which covered many areas. On a personal level, I thank him for focusing on the issue of global warming and the Kyoto Agreement. I have been struggling for the past two years in this House to get people to respond with some passion to that issue, including a fortnight ago. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: On a similar issue to the urgent matter raised by Senator Brian Hayes I would like to draw the attention of the House to No. 23 on the Order Paper. It has been on the Order Paper for approximately 18 months even though it was introduced as a matter of urgency. We were told it followed from a need to deal with this matter with great dispatch and we established a joint sub-committee. I wish...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: What is the Senator refuting?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I apologise, I misheard the Senator.

Seanad: Telecommunications Structures: Motion (8 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for his contribution. It is important we discuss this issue although I do not understand why the Minister of State did not simply accept the motion. There is very little in it to which he could be opposed and he could have made a minor amendment to it if an empowerment provision needed to be included. There is very little in it...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Yesterday on the Order of Business I raised the issue of the committee dealing with the Judge Curtin affair and the House was of the view it should not be discussed here. As I said, I have no interest in, or views on, the issue. I am interested in the process this House set up. The response I got was that it was not to be discussed.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to be absolutely clear. I have nothing but the highest respect for the members of that committee and nothing I have said on this issue takes from them. I am supportive of them in everything they do and I know of the work they are doing. I have no problem with the way they discharge their business nor do I have a scintilla of criticism about the way they do their work. They have...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I agree with the Cathaoirleach. I am not trying to undermine that process; I am completely supportive of it. My only point is that we were told the matter would be dealt with very quickly and dates were suggested but for reasons beyond the scope of the committee, it did not reach those dates. Where do we go from here? We will be asked questions at the next general election. There is...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I accept that.