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Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I am in favour of that. We should do the same again.

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: If the Minister of State does not mind me asking, from where did this advice emanate?

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Is the Minister of State referring to the secretariat of this House?

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Is the Minister of State referring to the secretariat of this House?

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Does the secretariat of this House agree with that advice?

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Did the secretariat of the Seanad say this was an appropriate course to take?

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: That sounds like it did not. It sounds like a "No".

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I do not expect the secretariat of a committee to understand the intricacies of the operation of the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: The Minister of State is clearly saying the authorities in this House ruled it to be in order, and that it was put there after consultation with them. I find that hard to believe, but I have to accept his word.

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: This is a very easy question to answer. I regularly go to the Seanad office where there is an old grey document that goes back to the foundation of the State. The people in there are the only people who know. If the Clerk's office in the House said this was in order, I would have to accept that point. The staff there know it backwards, but I would like to be told that.

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: On a point of order, can I suggest we proceed with item No. 2? Nobody has a difficulty with that. I also suggest that we defer No. 3 until business tomorrow morning. Nothing will happen between now and then. If the advice comes back in the interim, I will stay silent.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Joint Committee on European Affairs: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I move an amendment to the motion: To insert after the word "That" in the first line, ", notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders and the Order of the Seanad of 24 October 2007 in relation to the establishment of the Joint Committee on European Affairs,". This amendment is simply a fail-safe mechanism to ensure the committee is unchallengeable and above reproach. It covers the two areas...

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Joint Committee on European Affairs: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Yes, on 24 October 2007.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I look forward to the debate on the regulations coming from Government. The most important decision we made last week was to have that debate this week. The Government should be well aware at this stage of the views of people from all walks of life and all sides of the political spectrum, and within Government itself, that in this situation the banks should be made pay for the commercial...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: He certainly had a reputation. When I came into the House, Senator Ross had dealt with him for five years before the neophytes like Senator Norris and I arrived.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: In that regard, he would know him far better than we did. He certainly was a man of extraordinary intelligence, cultured and interested in music in particular. He knew the rules backwards. If he were here today, he would have some interest in the point I raise next, which relates to the second item on the Order Paper. Since that month 21 years ago, in all my time in here, I have no...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: Apart from the points I have made, in terms of normal parliamentary convention or organisational convention, the power to establish sub-committees has always been vested in a committee. The only people who can be members of a sub-committee are the existing members of the committee. What we could do today is appoint additional members to the select committee and, accordingly, to the joint...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: During the debate last night, we discovered a number of pieces of legislation that will need to be revisited. I ask the Leader to consider the need for a debate on directors' compliance statements. It is a simple requirement that directors of companies of a certain size, such as PLCs and other various listed companies, would be required to sign a statement of compliance each year stating...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I would also expect the Leader to express an interest in having this Bill re-entered on the legislative programme and I will progress the matter further in the coming weeks in consultation with the staff of the House. I have raised the following matter many times, including with the previous Cathaoirleach, who, every time I raised it, would get upset and state, "This is not the time to...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: This is ridiculous and unnecessary at this point. We should adjourn until 7.30 a.m. and deal with it then. The Leader knows my views on this.