Results 1,681-1,700 of 4,608 for speaker:Joe O'Toole
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I know, I was going to investigate it.
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: Accept just some of them.
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I apologise to the Minister of State but I missed that last bit.
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: No, the previous bit.
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply on those issues. I take the point made by the Minister of State regarding amendment No. 104a. I look forward to seeing the Minister's Report Stage amendment. The points he made on amendments Nos. 90b, 93a and 96b are reasonable. I welcome his proposal to amend section 101 in a similar way to my amendments Nos. 89a and a90a for...
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I thank the Minister and welcome the openness with which he has dealt with this, which I appreciate. I take the Minister's point and I had read section 66(2)(d) which specifies regard for "the quantity, quality, range and type of programmes in the Irish language". The only difficulty is that as that is written, one could receive a full licence without producing anything. If none of the...
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: Which section are we discussing?
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: Is this not sectionââ
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I apologise for interrupting. That is okay.
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: How are we on amendment No. 101? How is that grouped?
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I understand now. As my amendment is No. 101, I speak next.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: It might. I think it would.
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: No. I will think about what the Minister said and come back on Report Stage with something similar.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: No, there have not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I am not sure if my question is for the Leader or the Cathaoirleach. We have not had an update on the situation in regard to the building work in the Seanad Chamber and the move to another location. I tried to get an update recently but I got nowhere. I do not want us to be caught between two stools. Nothing seems to be happening and I cannot get any information that anything has been put...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (4 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: On a point of order, both sides could approach it in this sense. The Order of Business was ordered today. I do not know if the word "conclude" was used on the Order of Business. In that sense, the House could decide to finish its business at some stage. On the other hand, the point made by Senator Cummins is correct. It might be unfair for people who have already made diary arrangements...
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I am more in agreement with the Minister than my two colleagues on this side of the House. I ask the Minister, however, to reconsider amendment No. 105 and advertising on the film channel. Programmes broadcast on public service stations â not the core ones but stations such as TG4 and TV5 â need support. I recall the excitement when the UK's Channel 4 was established. It moved from an...
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: The Minister has convinced me.
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I think we have moved into surreal territory, which is not unknown in the Seanad later in the evening.
- Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)
Joe O'Toole: I advise my colleague that it ill behoves politicians to run down psychics. There is a community of psychics in both Houses, although we call it different things at different times. Sometimes we call it the budget and on other occasions we call it an opinion poll. We have all sorts of names for it.