Results 3,441-3,460 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I move amendment No. 15: I leathanach 10, fo-alt (6), líne 18, tar éis "potential", "and shall take account of the child's cultural background and linguistic needs" a chur isteach. Is é atá i gceist sa leasú seo ná an deacracht a bhíonn ag daoine nuair nach bhfuil a dteanga ar a dtoil ag na daoine atá ag déileáil leo agus nuair nach bhfuil tuiscint acu ar a gcearta. Pléadh na...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: There are various Irish forms of the name. Baile Bhlainséir is what people call it also.

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The difficulty of not respecting people's language is borne out by the Minister of State's tale. He is absolutely right. When I moved jobs I came to a place in north Dublin called Man O War, which was a corruption of Meán an Bhóthair. It was perfectly understandable that Meán an Bhóthair would become Man O War until someone in high authority decided to call it Long Cogaidh.

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It is always as a result of a mistake. Such mistakes are evident all over the city. However, they impact culturally. Throughout this city one finds this lack of understanding of cultural background. There is a place on the north side of Dublin called Larkhill. Before the city spread it was in the middle of a wood and was called Lár Coille. Lár Coille became Larkhill. However, it has now...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I have much more to say on this issue. We will return to this tomorrow morning. I would like you to listen closely, a Chathaoirligh, because I am trying to illustrate that people who are well intentioned but are not rooted in the background, beliefs, cultural values and language of the people with whom they work find themselves in difficulty. There is no shortcut around this. The Minister of...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I intended to raise this issue on Second Stage but the debate clashed with a number of committee meetings and I did not have the opportunity to do so. The section, which relates to the terms of reference, resonates very much with Judge Mahon's recent report and his proposal to seek an amendment to the terms of reference of his tribunal. A commencement date is not provided for in the...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: We are all equally guilty.

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: In other words, the tribunal's terms of reference will be dealt with separately.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It is the Fianna Fáil Party slush fund.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: It is important the House recognises that the auctioneering review group has been established and is up and running, arising from an initiative in this House which was pushed and supported very much by the Leader. This is worth recognising and I refer particularly to those people who are constant critics of the House. The Personal Injuries Assessment Board has advertised for people to deal...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I thank the Leader and her office for giving more time to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill. Members on every side are delighted that it can be debated next week. I recognise the flexible approach which the Leader showed in dealing with it. All Members believe that due to the urgency of the matter the legislation's provisions should be in operation for the start of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: We raised the issue of decentralisation in this House yesterday with the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon. The House will be pleased to hear that his position changed somewhat on "Morning Ireland" this morning when he explained why we were outvoted in the finance committee when we sought to have a debate on decentralisation, which was warmly supported by the Fianna Fáil chair of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The Leader should use her good offices and her experience to highlight this matter. She has been through this and knows the issue better than anyone.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. Members are a bit unruly on the other side this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Joe O'Toole: The Aer Rianta Bill, RIP.

Seanad: Maritime Safety Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome the legislation, which is needed. I do not have the slightest difficulty in supporting it because it is sensible. I have a certain difficulty with the tone of the speeches so far in this debate. It is easy to be prissy and nannyish about such matters. I have been bothered by jet skis and power boats in places as far apart as Dingle, Dromineer and...

Seanad: Maritime Safety Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon. I broadly welcome the Bill. I feel a need to discuss decentralisation as the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service was censored from having a debate on it by a recent vote of Government, which was quite appalling. The Minister of State was equally bemused by this, as I put the question to him. He assured me he was quite happy to...

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2004)

Joe O'Toole: Exactly. However, decentralisation cannot in any principled way be opposed with a safe intellectual argument. I agree with Senator McDowell that the issue is how it is to be implemented and I agree with his use of the word "voluntary". I stated in the House that decentralisation would be a great idea if the timescale of three years was replaced by one of ten years, and if this was made clear....