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Seanad: Compulsory Retirement from the Irish Army of Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: There is a sense of déjÀ vu about this; it reminds me of the ding-dong between Nora Owen and Deputy John O'Donoghue years ago and, after they crossed the floor after an election, the same ding-dong continued in the opposite direction. Listening to the Irish media one would think the Minister should be opening the envelopes in Tallaght hospital.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: Let us be clear about what we are doing, what we need to look at and where responsibility should lie. There is a medical team which needs to answer questions, a management team which looks after that medical team, the board of Tallaght hospital, its chief executive, the HSE, the Minister and the Department of Health and Children. There are at least five stages of separation between the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: Does the Deputy Leader agree with the Leader on that?

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: It is fair to comment on what is going on in the Passport Office. As someone from a strong trade union background who has frequently voiced an opinion on such matters, I believe this action should be suspended on the grounds that it is strategically daft.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: I do not believe it is achieving what it sets out to achieve. Having said that, I completely agree with the objectives of the people taking industrial action. I remind the House that before Christmas many of us on this side of the Seanad and indeed some Members on the Government side such as Senator MacSharry, called for talks on a regular basis to hammer out an agreement. Many...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: She is right, though.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report Stage. (23 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 12, after "BIOFUEL" to insert the following: "TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE AND INCENTIVISE INDIGENOUS BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; TO INCREASE SECURITY OF SUPPLY". I welcome the Minister and congratulate him on holding his position in the Cabinet. We expect him to continue working hard on our behalf. I also congratulate his party on doing well in the reshuffle. I am...

Seanad: Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report Stage. (23 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: I like those tenses.

Seanad: Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report Stage. (23 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: I thank the Minister and acknowledge his comprehensive replies to all the speakers. We all share the same point of view on this matter. I agree completely with the Minister's assessment of the value of secondary legislation. We almost have an innate distrust of Departments. The flexibility of secondary legislation is one of the reasons we often try to have matters tied down in primary...

Seanad: Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report Stage. (23 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: I second this amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: As Independents we never see the full picture but we would have thought the Opposition would share Fianna Fáil's happiness with the new Cabinet. Fianna Fáil is very happy with its new Cabinet and Fine Gael and Labour must be very happy because it is such a bad Cabinet, they will easily win the next general election. I thought we would come to the House today and everybody would be happy...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: We should have a debate on what is going on in Anglo Irish Bank. We should note what is going on.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: The progress on the investigations at various levels is welcome. It is worth noting that without making any comment on the people involved. There was much debate on the issue here and people were asking if anything was happening. We were assured that was the case. We now see that at least something is happening and we hope it will come to a conclusion. There is also the question of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: That is just not true.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: On a point of order, that is incorrect. It was signed off by various committees from the Government.