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Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: Trinity was established by the same house.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: The Irish stock market was up 26% last year. In that context, 9% is not much of a return——

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: —— especially considering that we are paying these guys big money.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: That is as much a comment on the industry and how poor the returns are.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: I support my colleague, Senator Norris. During the past two years he has acted under advice from all quarters. He has consulted, discussed, briefed and listened to everyone. He has tried to move the matter forward in a consensual manner. Given the way we try to do business on these benches, it is an absolute disgrace and utterly unacceptable that, half an hour before two years' work is put to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: Does that mean I have 20 minutes from now? I believe in all sincerity that this is not the way to do business. It gives an extraordinarily negative impression of democracy. It is a steamroller of autocracy running down and through a difficult endeavour. No suggestion was made previously to Senator Norris that he should hold back the legislation. On advice from different quarters, he has...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: What has happened here today is wrong. It is a shameful day and it does not become us as parliamentarians and public representatives to bury work in this way and to give such a negative message to many people who were hanging on this legislation. It would be quite in order for the Government to say it listened to what has been said and it is not prepared to take the matter further at this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: To reject it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: They are not reasons for rejecting the Second Reading, that is the point.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: They are not reasons for rejecting it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: The same applies to the Shannon Navigation Bill.

Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: That might be because it is not in the BMW region.

Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: That was an interesting exchange, although the IFSC is not connected with the BMW region, any more than is Clonmel. I must concur with Senator Feeney on the IFSC, an idea for which Charles J. Haughey was widely criticised at the time. That is the reality. The issues in the BMW region relate to the people, the environment and the infrastructure. The infrastructure allows people to engage with...

Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: Rossaveel is a processing area. It is not a huge fishing port and it would be nothing but for the efforts of a former Fine Gael junior Minister, Mr. John Donnellan, who many years ago ensured that it was developed. He must take full credit for that in the same way the former Taoiseach, Mr. Haughey, can take credit for the IFSC.

Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: There is no significant fishing port in the area. A friend of mine has a fish processing factory in Rossaveel. However, I would consider Rossaveel a port rather than a fishing port. Anyone who spends an hour there will agree with that. There is nothing of significance in Mayo or Sligo. It is an indication that the whole tourism aspect of angling has not been developed along that coast. In...

Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: On the day the first aeroplane flew into Knock Airport, the former Senator Jim Higgins was there to meet it and I recall a conversation with him about the change of attitude of the Government of which his party was a member.

Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe O'Toole: The same applies to Fianna Fáil. There was no support for that infrastructure.