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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Will the Leader initiate a debate with the Minister for Education and Science on third level grants? We receive numerous queries on this matter and a new issue is that recently retired people are deprived of grants for their student children because they were prudent enough to have saved for an SSIA. The Government addition to the SSIA is taken into consideration and people are deprived of...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: That must be the first time.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Sorry — he was a decent man either way.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to be associated with the congratulations expressed to Anne Enright. It was the first time in many years that the Booker Prize was not televised live. I thought last night's RTE programme "The View" would have changed its format to show the ceremony but unfortunately it did not. It is certainly an honour to Archbishop Seán Brady to be elevated to Cardinal. Some years ago, I recall...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: My apologies.

Seanad: Burma: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Tá a lán rudaí ráite sa díospóireacht seo, rudaí atá tábhachtach. An rud is tábhachtaí ar fad ná go bhfuil díospóireacht againn sa Teach seo. Dúirt Seanadóirí Daly agus Ó Murchú cé chomh tábhachtach agus atá sé go mbeadh daoine sna tíortha beaga ag cur a gcuid machnamh isteach in ábhair thábhachtacha mar seo. There is a long tradition of recognition of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: On a point of order, those are issues which should be raised internally at group meetings. The debate on Burma today arose from the meeting of the representative of the different groups. Similarly, we have already decided there will be a meeting on economic issues next Thursday afternoon. The system works.

Seanad: Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2005: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I move: That, in pursuance of Standing Order No. 132 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2005, which had reached Second Stage prior to the Seanad General Election, July 2007, be restored to the Order Paper.

Seanad: Civil Partnership Bill 2004: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I move: That, in pursuance of Standing Order No. 132 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Civil Partnership Bill 2004, which had reached Second Stage prior to the Seanad General Election, July 2007, be restored to the Order Paper.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: On victim impact statements, an issue I raised previously, their standing in law has never been explained to us. We recognise that certain judges regularly allow or facilitate such statements but we are not sure how they fit into legislation. It would be helpful, therefore, if we had a debate in a non-confrontational manner on where the issue stands. I have a lot of time for Mr. Justice...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Yes.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Government Senators are on the record as having disagreed with it.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: He is reading the wrong newspaper.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: The interruptions are of a better quality. That is the point.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: It has said that.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to share time with my three colleagues. We will speak for three minutes each. I compliment my colleague and old friend Senator O'Sullivan for picking up the mores of Fianna Fáil so easily. It will come as a major surprise to the Senator that it was the Government that called the people of the mid-west whingers. He may talk to it about that. We do not need to be objective about...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I am well aware of that.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: We are at the point in the lifetime of a Government when it starts to fill vacancies on boards of directors. We have previously said that it would be appropriate for this House to have a vetting function in the appointment of directors. If people are to be appointed to the board of Aer Lingus, would it not be useful to do the same as other democracies, where the vacancies are publicly...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Toole: There was a railway there at one time and it was let go.