Results 2,121-2,140 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I compliment the Minister and his officials on bringing forward this important legislation. I always like to leave the Minister with an idea when he visits the House. It would be very helpful if Sustainable Energy Ireland were to make grants available for rainwater harvesting. I have raised the matter with the Minister before. It would be a simple policy to implement and I do not...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2007)
Joe O'Toole: The same was done in every country house in Ireland.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2007)
Joe O'Toole: My wife says it puts a shine on her hair. It is taken out of the barrel and boiled on the Aga.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I wish to echo much of what Senator Brian Hayes has said. I wish all colleagues standing for election in either the Seanad or the Dáil the best of luck. I do not subscribe to the view that if somebody fails to be elected to one House and stands for another, this in some way diminishes the House. The Seanad has been extraordinarily enriched by the contributions of people who were defeated...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I notice it. Even if I were never to profit from reform of the House, it is something of a failure that we have not managed to do it. I know the Leader set out to do it, as did the leader of Fine Gael, Senator Brian Hayes, the leader of the Labour Party, Senator Ryan and Senator Dardis, leader of the Progressive Democrats. We all set out to get this done and it did not happen. However,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)
Joe O'Toole: ââduring his period in the Seanad and I am pleased to recognise that. While it is important for us, as Independents, to assert our independence, that does not mean we are in opposition. We vote on merit as we think right as issues are raised, and will continue to do so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: The point made by Senator Coghlan is true. The House will recall that on the last day we met before Easter, we both raised the issue of coastal erosion in County Kerry and said that certain roads were falling into the sea. One week later, one half of a mile of road fell into the Atlantic Ocean, which had to be dealt with. The issue of Dingle-Daingean Uà Chúis has gone beyond a joke. I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Dingle men are not afraid of unpopular causes.
- Seanad: Matter of Concern to Member (26 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I appreciate the Minister staying for the two minutes. Mothers of newborn babies leaving hospitals in Dublin get what is called a bounty pack, which, among other things, contains a box of nappies and a few yoghurt cartons. What I am proposing today is in the context of the document which I believe the Health Service Executive recently sent to every house in Ireland. This bounty pack is...
- Seanad: Risk Equalisation: Motion (26 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I disagree with my two colleagues who have just spoken. I agree with the Minister because I do not believe it is about competition in the provision of health care. Rather, it is about competition in the cost of provided health care, which is the essential difference. I have dealt and fought with the VHI over the years where I believed it put charges on my cost which should not have arisen....
- Seanad: Risk Equalisation: Motion (26 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Yes, although I would like the Minister to wait for the two minutes when I speak.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I think Senator Dardis proposed the same thing in this very House about three years ago. I had to defend the Senator's position on it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: In the past ten to 15 years, I raised the importance of having a vetting process for people who would be in charge of children. That was eventually conceded and agreed to by the Government. However, I discovered something disturbing in recent weeks. The vetting process for teachers is being done by the Teaching Council, which is the council that approves the qualifications of teachers and...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (25 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Táimid tagtha le chéile chun slán a ghabháil le cara agus comhghleacaÃ, an Seanadóir Kate Walsh. Tar éis di na blianta a chaitheamh ag troid i gcoinne an galair, theip uirthi ar deiridh, faraoir. Chaith sà a saol ag obair ar son mhuintir Celbridge, go mór mhór. Dhein sà obair den scoth ar son mhuintir na háite sin. Watching the flag flying at half mast over Leinster House...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: We are merely protecting the environment of the place the Senator visits.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: With the MacEntee report and the chief inspector of the Garda inspectorate, Ms O'Toole's recent speech to the AGSI, there is a strong case for a debate on the Garda force. We need to see a rebuilding of the trust and confidence in the force. A structure needs to be in place where individual issues do not take from the reputation of the entire Garda force, which is inclined to happen...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: I would also welcome a discussion on that same matter. The Leader will recall that over recent years there has been much brouhaha and a great welcome for the education for persons with special educational needs legislation. The commitment was given by Government that this would be fully supported and provided for and that people with special learning needs would be looked after. This Act...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)
Joe O'Toole: In trying to get large corporations of all nationalities to produce their reports as Gaeilge, bheadh sé i bhfad nÃos fearr féachaint ar na rudaà a ba chóir a dhéanamh. Mar shampla, foilsÃodh tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga an tseachtain seo. This is the kind of thing that drives me mad. Sa tuarascáil sin, he makes it very clear that the child protection guidelines on sexual...