Results 2,301-2,320 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole
- Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)
Joe O'Toole: Yes.
- Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)
Joe O'Toole: You interrupted me four times.
- Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2006:Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2006)
Joe O'Toole: This Bill will change the functions of the commission. It is important to state on the record of the House why those functions are the way they are. When the commission was established, I wanted it to have wide-ranging powers to deal with all the issues raised by Senator White. I gave the example of the New Zealand Parliament, where the commission has control not only of the workings of...
- Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2006:Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2006)
Joe O'Toole: Ba mhaith liom cur lena bhfuil ráite ag na Seanadóirà eile. Tá an-obair agus an-tacaÃocht tugtha ag an Aire i gcónaà d'obair an Choimisiúin, agus táimid thar a bheith sásta leis sin. Is rud é nár luaigh mé nuair a bhÃos ag caint ná go ndéanann an Coimisiún a chuid oibre in a collegial manner. It does not break down in a party manner or along House lines. Every member of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Tuairim agus mà ó shin, d'eisigh an Roinn Gnóthaà Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta foilseachán nua le 10 bunriail chun an Ghaoluinn a chur chun cinn. Ba mhaith an rud é dá mbeadh dÃospóireacht orthu siúd anseo. Tá siad an-réasúnta agus an-phraiticiúil, which is surprising, coming as they do from that Department, agus ba mhaith an rud é dá bpléifà anseo iad. Bheadh seans ag...
- Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I thank Senator Norris for allowing me to share time with him. Before the Minister leaves the Chamber, he should note the three questions that must be answered, namely, how much, how many and when. To make the new agency work, how much money will it get for its budget, how many people will it be able to appoint and when will it receive its money? I have witnessed this process many times...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I could not agree more with the points made by Senator Brian Hayes. I received two telephone calls in the past 24 hours from constituents wishing to know exactly what is involved in the proposed referendum. There is a general view that a referendum on the rights of children must be a positive development, and most people tend towards being supportive of it. However, Members who ask their...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Exactly. If the debate on No. 2 finishes early, we should not go straight to No. 3. Otherwise, Members may not realise the next debate has begun. Members must be able to organise their day.
- Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: The Minister referred to co-operation on an east-west basis and across the entire island. Bearing in mind the Treaty of Rome and EU regulations governing the free movement of labour and services, I contend that the franchise areas operated by Sky Television are anti-European and anti-competitive and should be challenged. I completely agree with the Minister's point, which I have made myself...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: The Minister for Transport has announced the name of the person to be put in charge of the Dublin transportation authority and the Railway Procurement Agency. Without casting aspersions, that person resigned from a semi-State body on the basis of issues that could have been of embarrassment to it. That the appointment is being made without reference to anyone is extraordinary.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: During the past 20 years, Senator Ross and others on these benches have tabled the idea of an appointments procedure in respect of State boards. The Leader will recall that in the Seanad review, we proposed that the House should vet or meet anyone whose name had been put forward to sit on boards or in the chair of a semi-State body. I do not want to reflect on the person in question, as he...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: The Senator should turn around and ask the Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: It was the Senator's side that raised the issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Trinity graduates all.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Just in case the Government side is getting worried, leopards and spots.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: That does not take from the point I made. I started by saying I cast no aspersions on the man.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Yes. New Zealand Post Limited owns it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I support the proposal made by Senator Brian Hayes about postal voting, which I have discussed in this House on many occasions over the years. I suggest that we should examine the possibility of electronic voting in that context. The Independent Members of the House are finding it difficult to follow the various movements which are being made in advance of the forthcoming general election....
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Fine Gael has said that if it gets into office, they will sort out the health service within a year. The Green Party has said that if it gets into office, it will sort out global warming. Is this not the right time in the history of the State to propose a national grand coalition of all the parties, which will sort out the country once and for all?
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)
Joe O'Toole: The Senators on these benches would be very supportive of that kind of development.