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Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Let us impose a date in that regard.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Let us not go there.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I agree with the Minister. However, is an account being kept of what is happening in this regard?

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: We could change our audit system. One cannot pursue a degree in this country in, for example, environmental economics. We are not dealing with these matters at academic level.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: There are three levels of certification and they are not equally reliable.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: In fairness, I do not think the Senator said that.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome the legislation. I want to put a few matters straight. I was one of the people who was critical in my contribution on the budget debate about the €270 million allocation but that did not mean I am opposed to emissions trading. I was one of the people who criticised the Power of One campaign but that does not mean I am opposed to any of...

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I do not depend on lobbyists. They might give me an interest in something but I do not depend on what I get from them. The Bill is welcome but minimalist. It does not deal with the issues. I regret the Bill was not introduced in this House, as I would have made a number of amendments to it with which I believe the Minister would be in agreement. In regard to section 8, the Minister said,...

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: It does. I was a primary school teacher and I can multiply.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Some 18 million allowances multiplied by €25 works out at €450 million but the Minister has allowed for a figure of only €270 million. I am not making a big issue of this.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Yes.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I will talk about government to government trading. Let me go through it. In the Kyoto agreement, that would have been done through an IT transference system. I do not know where in Ireland the international transaction log of those is being kept. I cannot find that out. It should be there but it is not mentioned in the Bill. It is required to be registered for the purposes of the Kyoto...

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I thank the Minister. This is an issue of interest to me. There is much nonsense spoken on this topic. I am putting forward practical proposals for dealing with this issue and I suggest every step should be a practical one and no step should be over the limit of stupidity while at the same time the balance must be maintained. When the Minister directs the agency, the NTMA, I ask him to...

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I have written to him and I will adjudicate at lunch between the Minister and Mr. McCaughey when we will discuss these issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: With respect, I made the point about the discussion on mushrooms and pinko extremists and the commentariat and that I saw some sense in the point raised by Senator Brian Hayes.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: Debates on the needs of local communities.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: It would be very easy to disagree with Senator Brian Hayes but yesterday afternoon, while doing some work, I tuned into the debate on a number of occasions to hear discussions on what I believed were related to the Defamation Bill but instead concerned mushrooms.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: I heard discussions on the commentariat and pinko extremist commentators and various other issues which I felt had very little to do with the business at hand. There is, therefore, some element of truth in the point made. Apart from the great entertainment provided by Senator Norris and the Tánaiste, who seemed to be enjoying themselves with very little else to do, the discussion seemed to...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Joe O'Toole: There are issues to be considered. We discuss important matters such as the hospital in Monaghan.