Results 361-380 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: It could explain it.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: As our current Leader would say "That was then and this is now".
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: Will the Acting Chairman indicate if this is true?
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: I feel so embarrassed for the Acting Chairman.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: On a point of order, it is quite in order to quote from speeches made in the other House.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: Is the Acting Chairman proposing to guillotine this discussion? Is it embarrassing the Government? I hope nobody hears about this.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: There are also Independent Members.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: So what is the role of Independent Senators? What is the role of Senator Maurice Hayes?
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: The Senator is going to interpret the Progressive Democrats ideology? This should be good.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: He has already told us.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: There is no restriction on the number who may be prescribed under the Bill.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: We never had a guillotine in the previous term of the House.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: It is not acceptable that this debate is being guillotined. It is the choking off of a flow of information. It is quite outrageousâ
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: âand I do not know what the Government is worried about.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: It is disgraceful.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: On a point of order, it is absolutely disgraceful that we have been stopped from doing our business as legislators by going through the Bill section by section.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: It is the first time we have had a guillotine. We went through the entire previous Seanad without a guillotine. It is an appalling decision to take at this stage. It reflects very poorly on the Government as well as on the House.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: Out of respect for Deputy John Bruton, who is about to address the House, I will not continue my argument but I completely reject what has happened. It is absolutely disgraceful.
- Seanad: Convention on the Future of Europe: Statements. (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Convention on the Future of Europe: Statements. (12 Mar 2003)
Joe O'Toole: Somebody always takes the fun out of it.