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Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: That is after the plan is written.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The issue must revolve around the meaning of the word "facilitate". If I were to take a benign interpretation of this, it would be to the effect that the board would be required to co-operate with the postgraduate institutions which require their students, such as house doctors etc., to have experience at ground level. A situation often arises among all sorts of professional groups, from...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It is not being addressed at all.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: With all due respect to the Minister of State, his replies are unclear. I thought the matter was clear at the beginning but it is becoming more confused. That is the case with regard to the issue of what facilitation means and the points that were raised about the shortage of therapists. I have said before that there is a shortage of doctors. From examining what has happened, we know that the...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: If they do not, we have been wasting a lot of time on the issue. The Minister of State is saying "No" to that point.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The Minister of State led us on that track, with all due respect.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Our earlier discussion was focused on this section. This section on the object and functions of the executive and the one dealing with the plan are the two that give me the greatest cause for concern. I do not get comfort from this section as a good receipt for our €10 billion or €11 billion. We need to know more. What is the deal here? Earlier the Minister of State referred to efficient...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: That was after the strike had been called. What had been happening for the past——

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Does it inspire confidence? That is the question.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: One of the contracting parties is gone. The Minister of State is replacing a contracting party.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: One of the parties is gone. The Minister of State should speak to the House as a lawyer. I am right and he knows that to be the case.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: There is nothing in that section which relates to normal contract law under which two people have a contract with each other. It merely lists the different Acts.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: As Senator Quinn rightly said yesterday, it is an offence to carry a knife and that continues to be the law. Previously I stated here that under the Road Traffic Act it is now an offence not to carry one's driving licence when driving a car. Nonetheless we are advised by the authorities that it is unsafe to keep a driving licence in the car as the licence or car might be stolen. Therefore, we...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It was raised yesterday in the context of a Bill and the Minister of State said it could not be done as the Government was trying to get European co-operation to do this. Members will be aware that it took 20 years to get agreement on a common European passport and the colour alone took years. Of course a European standard licence should be agreed. However, in the meantime we should have a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I did not respond to the Minister of State when he seemed to give the impression that it could not be done because he was having meetings in Europe, which might go on for ten years. However, I accept your ruling, a Chathaoirligh. I ask that my request be put to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform with a view to getting his thoughts on the matter. We have had much discussion in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I draw the attention of the House to a recently published report on the treatment of immigrant workers, in particular immigrant domestic workers. If it portrays the image of post-Celtic tiger Ireland, it is an image which reflects badly on all of us because it would mean we have produced a greedy society and that vulnerable foreign workers with poor English are being exploited and bonded in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: We must be careful when passing legislation which makes increased demands on public representatives because it could become ridiculous.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I support that.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2004 [Certified Money Bill]: Second and Subsequent Stages. (16 Dec 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister to the House. In recognising the state of the national finances, it is an appropriate time to pay tribute to the former Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, for the job he did. We had differences of opinion along the way but there is no doubt that great credit is due to him for his work. I admired him in his time in office and I have no doubt his successor, the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the support from Fine Gael on this issue. I have been dealing with Revenue on the matter for the past number of months and have had great difficulty establishing the actual position. We are going to invite the Revenue before the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service to answer some of the questions raised by Senator Brian Hayes and which were also raised by me last week...