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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: No.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 30, after "1999" to insert the following: ", TO AMEND SECTION 45 OF THE COMPANIES (AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING) ACT 2003 CONCERNING DIRECTORS' COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS". I welcome the Minister of State and his advisors but I see no sign that he will accept this amendment. The Government has had a bad run and I am putting forward two simple amendments, even if...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Is the Minister of State indicating that the provision to which he refers was never initiated?

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Was it ever initiated?

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Yes.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: That was a major statement on the part of the director.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Who accepts the Government's right to legislate.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I am disappointed with the response. I accept the Minister of State spoke to a number of people and gave it some thought. The Minister of State and Senator Callely referred to limited liability and I want to clarify why it is a gift and a privilege. It is not just because of the limited nature of the liability. It exists to encourage entrepreneurship. If I am running a company I may...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: The last time we tried to do that was in 1990. I was a Member of this House on the occasion and it took so long that we had to come back in the middle of the summer to pass sections 7 and 8 dealing with the beef business. The adviser to the Minister of State, the Director of Corporate Enforcement, states: "the inclusion of the CLRG proposal as part of the planned consolidation of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I join the two previous speakers in their congratulations, and not just to Alan Kelly on his fine victory. I met his most enthusiastic supporter, the local Fine Gael Deputy, Noel Coonan, who was delighted with his success - I thought that was understandable. In the case of Senators O'Reilly, Alex White, Donohoe and Phelan, and particularly Senator Bacik, however, it is important we...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Will the Leader agree to a date?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I noted with interest over the past week or so that the Green Party has indicated that it is unhappy with the progress on climate change and it is demanding of the Government that movement be made on this issue. Members on the Independent benches, who are gravely concerned about the lack of progress on this issue, have decided to propose an amendment to the Order of Business to allow for No....

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I would like an investigation into this matter. Posters must carry a printer's name, but they should also carry a D, for the date of the photograph, an A or a line through it if it has been air brushed and an N if it is natural, that is, whether the person's hair is dyed, is a hairpiece or whatever.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: In all fairness, people deserve to know that information. There should be a date and information on whether the picture has been air brushed and whether the hair is natural. People are entitled to those facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: It is a serious point.

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I wish him well in dealing with this. I listened carefully to what he said and I also listened to what Senator Corrigan said. Although I do not support the Government's counter motion, the points made by the Senator at the end of her speech are very important. I referred to the case earlier about the murder of the 14 year old girl in Sligo....

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I will tell the Minister how that applies to other countries. There has been much talk recently about Canada; I made reference to it myself this morning. Some years ago Canada set up an inquiry like the Ryan inquiry, and like the Ryan inquiry a senior judge from the superior courts was appointed to hear all the evidence. That judge was appointed but his appointment was objected to. He was...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I am only starting what I wish to say in this debate. There is more involved than just the people we have mentioned. Far worse than the Catholic church are these shady organisations which wield influence behind our backs in ways of which the public is unaware. I reject calls for balance in this debate. There is no balance. This is about imbalance. It is about power and influence...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I thank the Tánaiste for going through that. I do not know why she felt I had criticised her personally. If I did, it was not my intention. I do not take that road. I hold the Tánaiste in the highest regard and I do not need to go down the road of personal criticism, as she well knows. The Tánaiste has crystallised the point of disagreement between us. She cannot stand over a...