Results 961-980 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: No, I have no hang up. I just gave the views of the people of Ireland, including Roscommon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: Senator Leyden missed taking the pill again this morning.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: I am sensitive when it comes to this issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: At â¬60,000 a year.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: It is a matter for the Whips.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: On a point of order, why are these remarks being made in this direction?
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: Exactly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: Nor a promise.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: Did the Senator speak to the archbishop about the matter?
- Seanad: Death of former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: On behalf of Independent Members and Sinn Féin, I wish to be associated with the words of sympathy expressed by my colleagues. I acknowledge and welcome the family of Michael Howard to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. When I joined the House in 1987, Michael Howard was already here and he was at all times pleasant, friendly and popular. There was nothing better than to watch the way he...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: We heard again today about another cutback on social services in rural Ireland, with the decision to cut back or review bus routes in all parts of the country. It should be recognised that Ireland is a place where we have both urban and rural communities. We have had a cutback in bus services in the capital and now the bus services in rural areas are to be reviewed. It should be recognised...
- Seanad: Information and Communications Technologies: Motion (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: It is difficult to listen to this level of "make it up as you go along" comments from the Minister of State, Deputy Lenihan. He is living in a different world. I will give him some examples-----
- Seanad: Information and Communications Technologies: Motion (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: I thought the Minister of State did not like that kind of remark. I heard every word he said.
- Seanad: Information and Communications Technologies: Motion (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: I felt I should come to the House and explain a few things to the Minister of Sate, such as cloud computing, which he discussed in an off-hand manner. I use cloud computing wherever I can get broadband. My problem is I live 16 miles from here and cannot get broadband. That is one difficulty we need to talk about. While the issues of mathematics, teaching and teachers' qualifications have...
- Seanad: Information and Communications Technologies: Motion (17 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: I assure the Minister of State I have been down to Wavebob more than once and spoken to the people there. They have been fighting for support. They have been passed out by Pelamis in Scotland in wave energy, which is already connected to the grid there and is powering thousands of homes in north-west Scotland while we are sitting on the greatest wave energy resource in western Europe and...
- Seanad: European Parliament Irish Constituency Members) Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I agree with the general thrust of this legislation which I believe is necessary. That said, I have a number of questions for the Minister of State. Whereas there is broad public acceptability â I have no doubt this issue is again running in front of the media and public opinion â that service in the European Parliament may not be included...