Results 1-9 of 9 for standing order motion speaker:Joe O'Toole in 'Seanad debates'

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (3 Nov 2010)

Joe O'Toole: I thank the House for the time given to the motion and the various speakers who contributed. It has been a very interesting debate, but I am totally discouraged. I have spent 24 years trying to make movement on this issue, but no movement has taken place. I am glad Senator Mullen made his concluding points. My criticism of the system of election is not to be taken as a criticism of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: This morning, I circulated to the Cathaoirleach a proposal that the Order of Business be amended and that, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following motion be taken as No. 1 on today's business or, failing that, added to today's business: "That the Broadcasting Act 2009 (Section 33) Levy Order 2010 [S.I. No. 7 of 2010] be and is hereby annulled." The broadcasting industry...

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

Joe O'Toole: ...We must contrive, find, invent or develop a way to have six different questions on six different issues as part of the same constitutional referendum. This is the only way to find out where people stand on these matters. We are creating a concert of opposition with the current approach. Some seven different people will have seven different reasons to oppose the treaty and will vote...

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

Joe O'Toole: ...question. I want to bring something to the attention of the Minister and the Department of Foreign Affairs. The way we select these people is through the Committee of Selection in both Houses. Standing Order 88 states, "There shall be appointed at the commencement of every Seanad a committee to be known as the Committee of Selection, which, unless it shall have been otherwise ordered...

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: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: ..., to the joint committee, and then let the joint committee set up a new sub-committee, which is perfectly in order. Our actions today are open to challenge. They are not within our powers under Standing Orders or under the Standing Orders of the Dáil. One cannot give powers and then take them back, unless the option is to take from the joint committee the power to establish a...

Seanad: Telecommunications Structures: Motion (8 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: ...the Minister of State to the House and thank him for his contribution. It is important we discuss this issue although I do not understand why the Minister of State did not simply accept the motion. There is very little in it to which he could be opposed and he could have made a minor amendment to it if an empowerment provision needed to be included. There is very little in it that would...

Seanad: Garda Investigations: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Joe O'Toole: ...an opportunity to acknowledge again the importance of justice as a cornerstone of our democracy. It is important that the pillars of justice are seen to uphold what the Members of the Oireachtas stand for. We should take this opportunity to remind ourselves in a significant way of the value of life. We have almost become inured and anaesthetised to the discovery of bodies following murders...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 May 2004)

Joe O'Toole: I seek a ruling, a Chathaoirligh, regarding this evening's Private Members' motion, which asks us to reaffirm a key objective of Government policy. I am not sure whether, constitutionally or under Standing Orders, it is appropriate for the House to affirm the programme for Government, which is agreed between two parties. I do not know how the House can be brought into that matter. On a more...