Results 1,741-1,760 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole
- Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: Let Fine Gaelââ
- Seanad: Plant Diseases. (19 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: On a point of order, the Minister of State is from Cork so I ask Senator Coghlan to speak slowly.
- Seanad: Fisheries Protection. (19 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: I thank the Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue, for coming to the House this evening. I am aware the Minister was under pressure to get here and I appreciate his attendance. This matter concerns the Minister's own constituency and is one for which responsibility lies in areas other than his Department and outside of Government also but what we need is a little moral support. I wish to share a minute...
- Seanad: Fisheries Protection. (19 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: Just as one comes over Conor Pass, with one's back to Dingle, one can look down over the beautiful valley ahead. On a good day it is possible to see all the way to Galway and on a bad day one can even see Kerry Head. Looking behind one can see the Minister's part of the world and just below that is a beautiful river and a set of lakes. In fact, there are nine lakes and six miles of river...
- Seanad: Fisheries Protection. (19 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: I thank the Minister for attending the House to deal with this matter. This is a great opportunity to develop nine or ten months of real tourism benefit for the area, which does not currently have that. It brings tourists in over the hill from Dingle and out from Tralee. It gives great added benefit to hotels in the area. Can that be developed with State aid, apart from those areas that I...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: I am sure all Members echo Senator Brian Hayes's words in regard to Mr. Rory Carroll. It is not appropriate to go any further than to express our solidarity and support for his family, particularly Mr. Joe Carroll who reported from this House on many occasions. Perhaps we should convey Members' collective support for the family and urge that all possible is done politically to secure his safe...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: I agree with every word spoken by Senator Finucane. On my way home on Saturday night I called into a shop to get the Sunday newspapers. I thought I had seen everything in newspapers but I did not believe the headline when I saw it. I actually thought it was a magazine sending up the Sunday Independent. I just could not believe it. I looked at it, but did not buy it. I found it nauseating. My...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: I know a priest who was editor of a clerical magazine and who was sacked by the hierarchy because, in 1989, he wanted the magazine to introduce a debate on clerical child abuse. For his sins he was cast to the furthest part of west Mayo where he is still a curate. I recall being in the office of the then Minister for Education and the current Leader of the House, Senator O'Rourke, and...
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: I second the motion and welcome the Minister to the House. I am pleased to see my colleague Senator Ross joining the great and the good and supporting extended public services. It is always good to see. I thank the Minister for taking a personal interest in the matter, but he might indicate if he has had the time to read the amendment to the motion. I am prepared to try to convince my...
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear. The Senator is taking the shilling and following the flag. The Senator would be welcome on this side of the House.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: Some of us stuck with him all the way through.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: We saw that last weekend.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe O'Toole: Senator Cox's party should settle down.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe O'Toole: I have raised that matter with the Leader and I agree the debate will require more time if possible. Senator Norris has raised the issue of the Shot at Dawn Campaign several times and will have something to say on it today. It is worthwhile to remind ourselves of the First World War. At the weekend, I heard the story of the last surviving British soldier who played football between the...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe O'Toole: That was a media comment.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe O'Toole: He dare not refuse you.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe O'Toole: We will support the Senator anyway. The Senator might not be able to support it herself.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe O'Toole: I look forward to supporting Senator White's Bill and I am sure my Independent colleagues will be the first to cross the floor to support her. I only hope the Senator will be allowed to support it herself.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe O'Toole: The problem with joining a party is that one must follow the flag and the party might not like the Bill.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe O'Toole: No. I would be in trouble with ICTU and IBEC if I went further than they did.