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Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: No, I am not.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I am not doing that, and I said I was not doing that.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Agreed.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I said an auditor was a watchdog not a bloodhound. It is not an original phrase.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: That is fine.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: This could be a big issue on the doorsteps.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I thank the Leader for allowing this discussion to take place so soon after the request from Senator Fitzgerald and myself. It was important to do so. I will begin by looking into the future and I ask the departmental officials present to consider what I say. I will echo a point made by Senator Mary White and put five simple facts on the record. Recently, the Irish Mental Health...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: My colleague, Senator Norris, has also done so. I have raised issues from the Kilkenny incest report to the Murphy report in 1998 and all the various matters along the way. I want to put on the record, without fear of contradiction, that every single proposal I ever brought forward on child protection was opposed left, right and centre, and I will provide the House with some examples. One...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Senator Norris and myself sat on these benches for debates on an issue Senator Norris has raised three or four times in the past month, that is, the equal status legislation. We have a system where the people who are responsible, the same orders who have not put more money into the kitty, are running schools and hospitals and even if they do not work in the schools or hospitals they decide...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I will tell the Minister how that applies to other countries. There has been much talk recently about Canada; I made reference to it myself this morning. Some years ago Canada set up an inquiry like the Ryan inquiry, and like the Ryan inquiry a senior judge from the superior courts was appointed to hear all the evidence. That judge was appointed but his appointment was objected to. He was...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I am only starting what I wish to say in this debate. There is more involved than just the people we have mentioned. Far worse than the Catholic church are these shady organisations which wield influence behind our backs in ways of which the public is unaware. I reject calls for balance in this debate. There is no balance. This is about imbalance. It is about power and influence...

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I wish him well in dealing with this. I listened carefully to what he said and I also listened to what Senator Corrigan said. Although I do not support the Government's counter motion, the points made by the Senator at the end of her speech are very important. I referred to the case earlier about the murder of the 14 year old girl in Sligo....

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I noted with interest over the past week or so that the Green Party has indicated that it is unhappy with the progress on climate change and it is demanding of the Government that movement be made on this issue. Members on the Independent benches, who are gravely concerned about the lack of progress on this issue, have decided to propose an amendment to the Order of Business to allow for No....

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I would like an investigation into this matter. Posters must carry a printer's name, but they should also carry a D, for the date of the photograph, an A or a line through it if it has been air brushed and an N if it is natural, that is, whether the person's hair is dyed, is a hairpiece or whatever.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: In all fairness, people deserve to know that information. There should be a date and information on whether the picture has been air brushed and whether the hair is natural. People are entitled to those facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: It is a serious point.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Will the Leader agree to a date?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I join the two previous speakers in their congratulations, and not just to Alan Kelly on his fine victory. I met his most enthusiastic supporter, the local Fine Gael Deputy, Noel Coonan, who was delighted with his success - I thought that was understandable. In the case of Senators O'Reilly, Alex White, Donohoe and Phelan, and particularly Senator Bacik, however, it is important we...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: For a motion on Friday.