Results 581-600 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole

Seanad: Interest Rates Reduction: Statements. (12 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: It is a good message to be sent out at this time from my grandmother Breegy Fitz to the banks of Ireland.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: We should shoot them all and be finished with it. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I feel suffocated by the unctuous moralising that has been all around me for the past two hours and I cannot handle it any more. I feel I should oppose every section of the Bill for all kinds of reasons. No more than the Minister, I would be considered to be a libertarian in many ways and I have much difficulty with what is contained in the Bill. I am aware of the reasons for it and I welcome...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: It is interesting that the point was made that SPHE, social, personal and health education, is not working. Some of us were blasted against the wall when we tried to have it introduced. Right wing elements of the churches stood in its way and are still blocking it to make sure it does not work and that people do not find out how they might run their lives. There are issues we should examine....

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: Less.

Seanad: Election Expenses: Motion. (18 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State and will begin by addressing an issue which ties in very closely with what he said in winding up. I listened carefully to what he had to say about there being no consensus on the previous occasion and that he hoped people would get their act together in this regard. I have difficulty with many of the points he made. I have considerable difficulty with the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: It was a matter of concern to all of us to again hear Professor Niamh Brennan on radio this morning defending the position of her committee and her recommendations on consultants' contracts of employment. This is an issue that we must address. I have not heard an adequate explanation as to why it was not accepted. This matter is being discussed in the Lower House tomorrow. When will the...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: Say the word.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, lines 25 and 26, after "person" to insert "is incapable or". We must carefully examine the tests of the terms "drunkenness" and "drunken". It struck me that one might be of the reasonable apprehension that a person was intoxicated and also be of the view that the person would not be a danger to himself or herself or others, but would be utterly incapable of...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I have listened to the Minister and bow to his superior knowledge on the definition of "incapable", which I mistakenly understood to be a well-established and understood legal term. It is obviously just a journalistic term. What concerns me is how section 4 and others sections are interpreted. Section 4 provides that a licensee shall not supply or permit any person to supply intoxicating...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: The members of the committee did not like the IQ test aspect.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I accept the Minister's point and will withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, lines 26 and 27, to delete "in the vicinity". I am at a loss to understand the reason the words contained in lines 26 and 27 are included. Perhaps I am missing a point but the words "in the vicinity" are not germane to the definition. It almost suggests that if it was considered that a person was to behave in a certain manner, it would be acceptable,...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I move amendment No. 4: In page 7, subsection (1), line 19, to delete paragraph (c). When I spoke to this legislation last night I was very agitated, but the thought struck me that I would hate people to think I was approaching this matter from an academic perspective. Not only do I enjoy a bar, but I learned well the way in which to tap a barrel of Guinness with a metal tap and a wooden...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: Sections 6 and 7 allow the licensee to remove a person.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I accept the points made by Minister. I had taken note of the subtleties of the defence. Having reflected on the points made, I will withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendments Nos. 5 to 8, inclusive, not moved. Section 4 agreed to. Section 5 agreed to. SECTION 6.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: We have had three attempts at legislation on the employment of young persons, a matter on which I have spent much time in discussion with different groups in the trade union movement. It has always given me some difficulty. I tend to go along with the Minister's final point. The idea of rearing people away from the real world is not good. On the other hand, we must ensure that they are...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: We are again in danger of going down a slippery slope. The House engaged in four hours of moralising yesterday in the debate on Second Stage. If we continue in this vein, we will introduce prohibition. Rural Ireland takes the right approach. Drink is kept in its place and can be enjoyed by local communities. The licensing laws are implemented in a practical manner, which is to be recommended....

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Joe O'Toole: There was a time when it was said rural Ireland did not have enough festivals and that nothing was happening. We should be concerned about keeping things alive. Let people organise events. What is wrong with holding festivals? They are a means for people to get together and celebrate. We should encourage them to be creative in their approach to finding things to celebrate. There is enough...