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Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The people of America have spoken and have apparently decided to re-elect President Bush for the next four years, which I personally regret. Nonetheless, that is the American people's decision and they will not be too worried about my views on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The greatest feature of President Bush's leadership has been the West's deteriorating relationship with the Islamic world. Now that he does not have to face re-election in four years time, we should ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs to use our influence in Europe to encourage him to restore relations and extend a hand of friendship and understanding to the Islamic world. We must recognise...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements (Resumed). (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I am glad of the opportunity to say a few words on the drugs issue. The report is somewhat disappointing in that it is simply an outline of the work to be done. It is neither a plus nor a minus. The National Advisory Committee on Drugs has outlined an important programme of work and I wish it well in accomplishing that programme. It is good to know from this interim report what the committee...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements (Resumed). (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: More than one third of all crime is drugs related, which is due to the supply end of the problem. As well as methadone treatment units and new ways of dealing with people who are trying to come off heroin, there is also a case for using heroin as a treatment. The last time I mentioned this, the Minister of State looked aghast at me but there are well researched and documented cases of heroin...

Seanad: National Sports Facilities: Statements. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to share my time with Deputy Paddy Burke.

Seanad: National Sports Facilities: Statements. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is always good to see a man of ability welcomed to the top in Fianna Fáil. He should ensure he is not exiled to Brussels, like another good man who left a while ago. On a serious note, I am delighted this debate is taking place and that it is the broad issue we are discussing. I too regret that we have not gone ahead with the construction of a...

Seanad: National Sports Facilities: Statements. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It shows the development from populist sports to minority sports — a hugely important structural organic development. The most popular sports around the country are Gaelic games. If someone tried to quantify the cost or value of the commitment in terms of social capital, time, community bonding, sense of place, saving from delinquency and encouragement of health, no amount of money could...

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State and wish him well with his new responsibilities. He was quick off the mark in writing to all of us to outline his responsibilities and how he might help us. Speaking very disinterestedly from a party political point of view, I think it was outrageous to amend the motion. I know Senator Dooley has a job to do and he does it very well but this is a most...

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Anecdotally, everybody could bear witness to the points Senator Brian Hayes made. There is not one of us who has not received a formal complaint from a driver or who has not met or does not know somebody who has been through the system. Everything about the car testing arrangement is quantifiable, measurable and recordable. Every day people get houses, boats and aeroplanes surveyed. People...

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: They have got the Minister of State under control. He should be careful.

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I acknowledge that.

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I am concerned about the current situation.

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I made the point that it could.

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It is like the traffic, which is not flowing properly. We just acknowledge——

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The House should take this opportunity to congratulate and thank the authorities in Trinity College, Dublin, who have indicated that they will co-operate with the Railway Procurement Agency and allow Dublin to get back some of the land Trinity has taken from it in the past 400 years to facilitate the Luas, and who are co-operating with the moving of the railings and walls of the college along...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It is a serious issue. I ask the Leader to convey our thanks to the authorities in Trinity College and to ask the Railway Procurement Agency to be extraordinarily sensitive architecturally in the movement of the walls and railings around Trinity College and that it be done in good taste and with due respect and dignity. I know we dare not touch Trinity College, but it is taking a broad view...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The bridge in Killaloe.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: May we have that in writing?