Results 3,121-3,140 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Table a motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: The Government does not care about down there. Look at Valentia, Shannon and Dingle. It does not care.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Try saying that outside the gate today.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I bet the Leader would not tell people in those places that the Minister for Education and Science is cutting back on education spending.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Not when one takes the Leader's break in service into account.

Seanad: Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I thank Senator Ross for asking me to second the Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008, which is a fine piece of work. In welcoming the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to the House, I ask him to consider the essential aims of the Bill, which are to establish targets and put in place structures to measure those targets. This morning, as I listened to the comments made by the Minister for Education...

Seanad: Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: That was a joke between Senator Ross and me.

Seanad: Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: It is the first step.

Seanad: Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Mine does not work in north Dublin.

Seanad: Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: We are living in a wireless age now.

Seanad: Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear. Absolutely.

Seanad: Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: That is a great escape.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: For the past two or three days I have called for a debate on the topic being discussed by the entire country, which brought tens of thousands of people to the gates of Leinster House yesterday, aspects of which were voted on in the Dáil last night and which we refuse to acknowledge exists. What has happened has brought a great deal about these matters to the fore. The Leader knows me long...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: That is a fair point; let us do that.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Impossible regulations. The Senator should not blame the regulator for implementing them.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: What was taken out of it?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I thank the Leader for giving a commitment to hold a debate on education in the near future. However, he placed his remarks in the context of what was added to capital and current spending in the budget and did not refer to the cutbacks that will occur. That is the denial to which I object and it is for this reason we must have a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Unfortunately, I must press the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: In addition to a debate on health, we also need a debate with the Minister for Education and Science on education matters. The Leader told the House last week that he would arrange a debate on education. I appreciate that my colleagues in the Labour Party have tabled a Private Members' motion for discussion later which relates to education issues, but we would like a debate during...