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Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I move: That Seanad Eireann, —while fully accepting the importance of developing an adequate roads infrastructure and ever mindful of the need to have a practical approach to planning matters, is appalled by the prospect of a motorway being constructed through archaeologically important sites near the Hill of Tara; —recognises that the current proposals are likely to destroy at least 25...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I asked that representatives of the Government talk to the people in the area with whom I spoke.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The Senator is incorrect.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I have spoken to the people in the area.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Some of them were farmers, believe it or not.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Precisely.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to share time with Senator Henry.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I would be pleased if he would stay for the Private Members' debate but that environmental issue appears to have been grabbed by the Department of Transport. I believe the M3 should be the concern of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government rather than of the Minister for Transport but that is a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: There is no point getting it the morning after it finishes in the Dáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: That is ridiculous.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I note the House will sit on Friday. While I do not object to Friday sittings, I object when their sole purpose is to facilitate the Dáil rushing through legislation on Wednesday and Thursday before dumping it in the House on Friday. The Leader will share my view on the matter. I would be much happier if we started our meeting on a Tuesday to the effect that we cannot be used as a dumping...

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister to the House and wish him well with his new responsibilities. I want to raise a number of points and while I realise that some of them are perhaps the responsibility of the Minister for Finance, the question of pensions moves between the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Department of Finance. Some of the matters I think should be examined here have worked...

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I will come to that matter. It is wrong for people such as those mentioned by Senator Cox to have spent a career working with no pension entitlement. We would be irresponsible to allow that to happen. It is as important as wearing safety belts. In my first two years here I made representations on behalf of Members of the Houses to, I believe, the Gleeson committee — the one prior to the...

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: ——who has completely supported the national pensions reserve fund. I called for it, supported it and negotiated for it; it is a great idea. It is the most far-sighted move I have ever seen any Government take. There are no votes in it and indeed there is opposition to it. Every time there is tightness of money, some party leader will call for us to put our finger in the till and take some...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Cúpla mí ó shin, nuair a bhí muid ag plé Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla agus na deacrachtaí a bhaineann leis, I made a strong case about avoiding wastage of money. I was interested to see a story in The Sunday Tribune outlining the waste of money of publishing i nGaeilge at very significant cost, documents which are barely penetrable i mBéarla. I use the Irish language more than most...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: This is an important issue on a number of levels. Senator Henry outlined the change in the title which is the view of the profession and on which we should reflect. In some cases, even the unions do not include the title "chiropodist". Given that the Good Friday Agreement requires us to have parallel legislation North and South, we need to ensure that legislation in the South reflects the...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The Minister of State said something which bothers me, namely, that he had no such representations from the profession. I understood that I was representing the viewpoint of the profession on this issue. If it is not the viewpoint of the profession, we should think differently on the matter. I notice the Ministers of State have changed positions and I get the impression they are not in a...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It is crucial that we have clarity on the issue of dual recognition and that there is no attempt to abolish it. Senator Ryan referred to what could happen. It is clear that as the legislation is currently drafted people could not misrepresent themselves as being chiropodists. However, people could misrepresent themselves as being podiatrists. That is the difficulty. That leaves a gaping hole...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (17 Nov 2004)

Joe O'Toole: A Leinster man is always a bit slow. If the Senator had been born in Cork he would have picked it up quickly enough.