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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. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Senator Norris spoke first in order to have the time to make an important point.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I accept that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: The simple point is that if this is being discussed at the United Nations, at the Council of Europe and everywhere else, why can it not be discussed here as well?

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Let both sides have their say. Given that there is such heat on the issue, it should be allowed to go forward for discussion. Following the points raised here this morning about the nursing home issue, we need a debate on it. I do not know where we are going on this matter. On numerous occasions I have asked that this not be turned into a political football. Every party has been involved in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I am sorry.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: That is why we should have a debate.

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: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Ar an dtaobh eile den scéal, tá múinteoirí san áit chéanna, agus níl na téacsanna acu chun an jab a dhéanamh. Ó thaobh na nGaeltachtaí de, tá seanaithne ag an Aire ar Ghaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne. Níl dhá bhliain imithe ó bhuaileas isteach go dtí scoil i gceartlár fhoinse na Gaolainne, Scoil Dhún Chaoin — I will name it. Bhuaileas isteach sa rang sóisearach, áit a raibh...

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: It is but the Minister's officials will make the same contribution as the INTO, sitting on one side. It would be helpful if they stated that benchmarking was an independent process about which they could do nothing but that the view of the Minister was that primary school principles should be paid on the same level as post-primary. Can we agree on this?

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I am offering the opportunity to the Minister. The Minister is correct in stating that partnership in education is superb. The Minister's relationship with various bodies involved in this process is outstanding and I compliment her on this.

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: Priorities change, as Senator Fitzgerald will agree, so we must change our objectives. The Minister should meet the education community and explain that priorities have changed, a commitment was given and that she now seeks to agree a new commitment. Senator John Paul Phelan explained why mixed and split classes, like shared jobs and split jobs, are different and we must examine why this is...

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: I acknowledge that.

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: That is what the Minister is doing to children.