Results 4,101-4,120 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole
- Seanad: Auctioneering Profession: Motion. (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: We have a better man altogether.
- Seanad: Auctioneering Profession: Motion. (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: I thank all those who contributed to the debate. Senator Scanlon referred to the need for competition and I welcome his agreement regarding the presence of a disinterested individual at the opening of bids. I wrote the motion and reread it to ensure it did not give the impression that auctioneers were dishonest or otherwise. I made changes to the wording to achieve that and I am sorry that...
- Seanad: Auctioneering Profession: Motion. (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: In no contribution did I hear anything that would go against this. Certainly, those who declared an interest as being auctioneers were very open and welcoming about how the issue might be approached. I would like to do it in this way and be supportive. I will be prepared to accept the amendment if the Minister of State can assure me those carrying out the review will include more than...
- Seanad: Auctioneering Profession: Motion. (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: In that case I accept the amendment. I thank the Minister of State and his advisers for being so open and positive. It represents a good night's work. Amendment agreed to. Motion, as amended, agreed to.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: We are at the core of the issue, which is, to decide the role of company directors. It is a much broader discussion than perhaps what is contained in the Bill. Senators Coghlan, Quinn and Maurice Hayes have made this point. While I agree with the general approach they have taken, I wish to raise substantial points. Directors must be responsible for compliance. There is no getting away from...
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: I thought he did so very badly.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: He had not read the Bill.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: I will have a bet that he had not read the Bill.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: He had not read the Bill.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: How small is the company?
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: If it is that small, it should be below the threshold.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: The Minister of State is in agreement with Senator Quinn.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: I said earlier and will say again for the benefit of Senator Mooney that the chief executive of the second largest group of accountants in the United Kingdom is opposed to the raising of the threshold. While I have some sympathy for the raising of the threshold, it is accountants who are most strenuously opposed to it. I receive strong representations that it is time we made limited liability...
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: They were. I know the people who told them. The ones who told them had no connection with the IASA, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment or any of those who worked on this legislation. They are the ones who make their living out of creating a market by bringing to them people worried about this issue and establishing courses to meet their concerns. We have to reassure people...
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: In financial matters and in all otherâ
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: I will go through the regulation but I assure the House that we have looked at what I believe is called the blue book of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the raft of regulation emerging in other countries is far more intensive than what is coming through here. That is the reality. We should remember that after a period of a few years there will not be a fund manager, a pension...
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: For the record, her name is Anthea Rose. She is the chief executive of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: The ACCA is also in Ireland.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: Ninety per cent.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2003)
Joe O'Toole: Each day our business begins with the Clerk of the Seanad reading a prayer in Irish and English. Is it possible to have the prayer read in one language only? It is not necessary to read the prayer twice in both languages.