Results 701-720 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I have been caught in that situation regularly.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I accept that. Every member of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board would agree with the points made by Senator Coghlan and that the time limit should be six months. However, Senator Leyden's point is relevant. It would be possible to process the cases in six months if there were sufficient staff and everything else was in order. A person can have an accident today and make a claim within a...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I did not say that. I quoted another Member of the House—

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: A number of important points have been raised which require our consideration, for example, the positions of the Law Society and the Bar Council and the question of earning a living. There is no problem in a person earning a living but it breeds cynicism in me if I receive a multi-page document from one of those bodies explaining why this Bill should be rejected, without having Senator...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: An interim board was appointed in the last year and has been operating.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: The current board is provisional.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I thought it would be helpful if we could buy tickets to attend as observers at Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meetings so that we know what is going on.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: Perhaps you, a Chathaoirligh, could advise me. I was a little upset to note that it was Deputy Finneran who defended Roscommon hospital. Senator Leyden was not heard on the issue at the parliamentary party meeting last night.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: As regards fraud in financial services, particularly credit card fraud, about a year ago it was indicated to us in the House that the Government had been in talks with the financial institutions to protect against credit card fraud. People who use credit cards in most of the rest of Europe are required to input a personal identification number in the store or retail outlet to ensure the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: The Minister is afraid to come in here.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: Fine Gael got a series of television programmes out of a dull parliamentary party. One would get a soap opera from Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to restate a matter I raised some months ago. In 1792, a Count Rice from Dingle organised a plan to free Marie Antoinette from incarceration. The count and his family organised a fleet of ships to take her from France to the safety of Dingle and a house was prepared for her there. This is the only connection between Ireland and Marie Antoinette. Rice House, currently in the ownership...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. (27 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister to the House. We were looking forward to seeing him. It is impressive when legislation is introduced which anticipates a difficulty of a technical breach of the law. Irrespective of what criticisms people may have of the legislation, it is a tribute to his Department that this has been identified and is being dealt with now. There is nothing as sickening and as annoying...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. (27 Nov 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I have to speak with a low voice as I do not have a great record in terms of limits arising from the Road Traffic Act over a number of years. I am not speaking from the high moral ground. One of the two amendments I tabled at that time, both of which were rejected by the Minister, Deputy Michael Smith, sought a minimum speed on certain roads. People who drive at a speed which is unsafely slow...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2003)

Joe O'Toole: I agree we should have an immediate debate on developments in Northern Ireland. However, I disagree fundamentally with Senator Brian Hayes on this matter. It behoves us, as democrats, to accept the outcome of the election.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2003)

Joe O'Toole: There is a joke among politicians that election results would be excellent if one could change the electorate. This is a classic example of such a joke. I am as depressed as anyone else about the outcome of last week's elections, however the people have spoken. It is important that this House debates the election outcome because it will be made clear to Dr. Paisley, and the DUP, that now he...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2003)

Joe O'Toole: It is good that Fine Gael is in favour of benchmarking. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Dec 2003)

Joe O'Toole: The all-Ireland football final has moved to the first Sunday of October, rather than the last one in September. We are very pleased in County Kerry because the season will have finished and we will be able to come up for the match.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Dec 2003)

Joe O'Toole: As today's Private Members' motion is on the budget and will take place within an hour and a quarter of the beginning of the Minister for Finance's Budget Statement, will the Leader ensure the proposer and seconder of the motion and spokespersons receive a copy of the budget speech as soon as it is distributed? This will give us time to prepare our speeches. The Kyoto Agreement is becoming a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Dec 2003)

Joe O'Toole: The problem is that the order in which copies of the speech are distributed means we will not receive them until 4.25 p.m.