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Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Not if the act happens in a brothel.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: A brothel is not a public place.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I have the 1993 Act in front of me. I read it three times while the Minister of State was speaking. It is not a very long Act. It does not cover the situation dealt with in Senator Mullen's amendment except in perhaps 10% of cases. I do not see any reference to the user of prostitutes in a way that covers this as Senator Mullen's amendment does. The Act refers to the organisation of...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Maybe I am misunderstanding the point because the Act does not define the words "solicits or importunes" although it does explain their use. Is the Minister of State suggesting that the client is the person who is soliciting or importuning because I thought that was either the pimp or the prostitute? I am not an expert in this area.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I do not think so.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: How does a client solicit? Someone who solicits is selling his or her services. The client is a buyer.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I still have not heard the answer to the question I raised. What percentage of trafficked people would the Minister of State guesstimate are not trafficked for the purposes of prostitution? That is a crucial issue. That is the relevant aspect of the issue and that figure would answer Senator Mary White's point as to why the issue of prostitution is central to this issue. The words I used...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I note that the first matter on the Order of Business, a motion on the alteration of Limerick city's boundary, is to be taken without debate. Although I do not have a difficulty with that, I have not had an opportunity to read or discuss the motion. We never have difficulties taking referral to committee motions without debate because that is the appropriate way to deal with such motions...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him on his announcement yesterday regarding car emissions and registration costs. I am delighted to have the opportunity of contributing on the question of waste. If he did nothing else as Minister except to take control of a number of small issues about waste, a lot could be achieved. Before Deputy Gormley rose to the high office of...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: The Minister should not worry about air miles. It will be worth it because a great deal will be saved by that one trip.

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I ask the Minister to speak about volume and weight.

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: The last time I checked, Mayo and Kerry county councils did not operate volume or weight based systems. That was last year, however.

Seanad: Coast Guard Stations: Statements (Resumed). (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Coast Guard Stations: Statements (Resumed). (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: That is the Senator's quote now.

Seanad: Coast Guard Stations: Statements (Resumed). (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I think the Senator will be voting with us. He is saying all the right things.

Seanad: Coast Guard Stations: Statements (Resumed). (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to share my time equally with Senator Doherty.

Seanad: Coast Guard Stations: Statements (Resumed). (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: The two previous speakers, who also hail from County Kerry, have discussed much of the detail on this issue. Consequently, I will make some broader points and will focus on some narrower ones thereafter. The saddest thing about the congregation of Members for this debate, with the honourable exception of Senator Paschal Donohoe, is that it reflects all that is wrong with regional...

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to share time with Senator Doherty.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Tá an díospóireacht atá ar siúl againn anocht thar a bheith tábhachtach. Caithfidh mé a rá go raibh an méid a dúirt an Seanadóir Ó Murchú as thoughtful as ever.