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Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: In the meantime, there is a lot of work to be done.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I will let the record speak on that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Labels or "isms" have not been——

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The Senator would.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I never label myself in any way. Everybody else has done it for me. Since I became a Member of the House I have been labelled as everything.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: We are talking about labels and "isms".

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I am pleased time was made available to debate the issue. I asked for the debate because I wanted to kill a few myths about public private partnership. Public private partnerships as established in the UK and Northern Ireland bear no relation to public private partnerships in the Republic of Ireland. They are different arrangements. There is...

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I understand it is a bridge. I am not taking from the fact that it was a complicated work of engineering to build both bridges, particularly the Westlink. There can be no argument on the business side that the toll should be increased. It is completely wrong. Driving to any city in Europe on a tolled motorway, whether it be Paris, Lyon or any other city, as soon as one reaches the environs of...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: This is an important issue on a number of levels. Senator Henry outlined the change in the title which is the view of the profession and on which we should reflect. In some cases, even the unions do not include the title "chiropodist". Given that the Good Friday Agreement requires us to have parallel legislation North and South, we need to ensure that legislation in the South reflects the...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The Minister of State said something which bothers me, namely, that he had no such representations from the profession. I understood that I was representing the viewpoint of the profession on this issue. If it is not the viewpoint of the profession, we should think differently on the matter. I notice the Ministers of State have changed positions and I get the impression they are not in a...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It is crucial that we have clarity on the issue of dual recognition and that there is no attempt to abolish it. Senator Ryan referred to what could happen. It is clear that as the legislation is currently drafted people could not misrepresent themselves as being chiropodists. However, people could misrepresent themselves as being podiatrists. That is the difficulty. That leaves a gaping hole...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: A Leinster man is always a bit slow. If the Senator had been born in Cork he would have picked it up quickly enough.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Cúpla mí ó shin, nuair a bhí muid ag plé Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla agus na deacrachtaí a bhaineann leis, I made a strong case about avoiding wastage of money. I was interested to see a story in The Sunday Tribune outlining the waste of money of publishing i nGaeilge at very significant cost, documents which are barely penetrable i mBéarla. I use the Irish language more than most...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister to the House and wish him well with his new responsibilities. I want to raise a number of points and while I realise that some of them are perhaps the responsibility of the Minister for Finance, the question of pensions moves between the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Department of Finance. Some of the matters I think should be examined here have worked...

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I will come to that matter. It is wrong for people such as those mentioned by Senator Cox to have spent a career working with no pension entitlement. We would be irresponsible to allow that to happen. It is as important as wearing safety belts. In my first two years here I made representations on behalf of Members of the Houses to, I believe, the Gleeson committee — the one prior to the...

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: ——who has completely supported the national pensions reserve fund. I called for it, supported it and negotiated for it; it is a great idea. It is the most far-sighted move I have ever seen any Government take. There are no votes in it and indeed there is opposition to it. Every time there is tightness of money, some party leader will call for us to put our finger in the till and take some...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I note the House will sit on Friday. While I do not object to Friday sittings, I object when their sole purpose is to facilitate the Dáil rushing through legislation on Wednesday and Thursday before dumping it in the House on Friday. The Leader will share my view on the matter. I would be much happier if we started our meeting on a Tuesday to the effect that we cannot be used as a dumping...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: There is no point getting it the morning after it finishes in the Dáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: That is ridiculous.