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Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I cannot understand how the Health Service Executive can itself handle the paying out of exemplary and other damages. First, it just cannot be done. Second,——

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: In terms of taxpayers' money, I would be absolutely opposed to the idea of us paying exemplary and other damages at this stage. It is the duty of the Government to look after taxpayers' money. We should pay and look after the people who are entitled to be looked after. It is appalling that they have not got their money yet. In terms of how it is done, however, we should not be handing out...

Seanad: Energy Resources: Statements. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I congratulate the Minister of State on his new responsibilities, wish him well in his position and welcome him to the House. I would like to pick up on a number of points made by Senator Bradford. Good ideas have emerged in this debate but progress will not be made on them without the necessary political push. I remember a time when grants were awarded for work carried out to houses that the...

Seanad: Energy Resources: Statements. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: ——or reduce our dependence on other countries, we must open up any financial blocks. Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. I am sorry for exceeding my time. I wish the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, good luck in his new Ministry. Let us hope he will return with news of grants.

Seanad: University College Galway (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Fáiltím roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá mé sásta tacú leis an reachtaíocht seo, ós rud é go bhfuil sí tábhachtach agus praiticiúil. Bhí an-bhrú ar an ollscoil go dtí seo ag fostú daoine mar bhí iachall orthu Gaeilge den scoth a bheith acu. Rómhinic, ní raibh an caighdeán sin Gaeilge ag daoine, go speisialta iad siúd as an iasacht agus ní raibh an ollscoil in ann postanna a...

Seanad: University College Galway (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Great work is also being done elsewhere. DCU in this city, for instance, has an accountancy course trí Ghaoluinn. That is what I want to see happen, namely, practical, sensible approaches. We must make Irish live, and it does not live on the other side of the National Roads Authority's annual report, since I do not know whether anyone will read it. I should say, before I get 24,000 telephone...

Seanad: University College Galway (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I am not.

Seanad: University College Galway (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I listened to the speeches of the Minister and the Minister of State on this Bill. The issue then was the central importance of developing Irish in education and the community. I am not straying one word from that issue. If we are to develop these ideas, we must have central people who will stand up as Gaolainn, trí Ghaolainn and le Gaolainn against zealots trying to destroy the language....

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I could not agree more with Senator Brian Hayes. My colleague, Senator Norris, last week highlighted the importance of this issue. The House has previously agreed to a debate. I ask that the point put forward by Senator Norris, and the motion that has now gone forward in his name, be accepted by the House. It should be accepted not just with a free vote but without a vote at all. Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: If information is being used in a way to incite anti-Semitism or something similar, I agree that people doing so should be put behind bars. We do not have a clear understanding of where we stand in a theoretical basis, and what are the principles governing free speech in matters such as these.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Americans.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: That was the discussion I asked for. I did not pass judgment on what they did. I said that we should have a discussion on it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Third Level Education: Statements (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to share time with Senator Brian Hayes, Maurice Hayes and Daly. The points made by Senator MacSharry concerning his region and the job losses in County Meath are closely related to the point made in the most recent budget about developing co-operation between third level institutions. It is crucial for future competitiveness that this sector is able to develop research and development...

Seanad: Third Level Education: Statements (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Third Level Education: Statements (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Come on.

Seanad: Comhairle Elections. (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht teacht isteach anseo anocht. Bunaíodh an Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta chun comhairle a thabhairt don Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta as well as to the various committees dealing with the curriculum. An jab atá acu ná iniúchadh ar chás speisialta na scoileanna Gaeltachta agus na ngaelscoileanna. Tá an grúpa seo...

Seanad: Comhairle Elections. (22 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Go raibh míle maith agat. Fáiltím go mór roimh an méid atá ráite ag an Aire. Táim an-sásta go bhfuil an toghchán curtha ar athló agus go mbeidh seans ag Comhairle dul ar aghaidh lena cuid oibre ar feadh cúpla mí or however long it takes. Taispeánann sé seo tábhacht an tSeanaid mar seo é an sórt ruda ar féidir leat a dhéanamh sa Seanad nach bhféadfá sa Dáil, because...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I support Senator Hayes. Fine Gael has had a strong and solid record on this issue for some time. In 1987 and 1988 former Deputy Jim Mitchell and myself were the only two Members of the Oireachtas pushing for representation for emigrants in the Houses.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: This was long before Senator Norris got around to thinking about it. He was looking at the wider world.