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Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Joe O'Toole: ...Irish psyche. There is a design competition every year in Britain and it interests me because I like the simplicity of great creations. A student who was working on something else, using his slim Apple MacBook, noticed that he was using an awkward, large three pin plug that is a real pain when travelling abroad. He asked himself why he was using such a big plug when his computer was less...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2009)

Joe O'Toole: ...he was offended, is his saying so enough to point to an offence? Must one prove it or must we do so? How do we get to that point? The provision is not implementable. It is like motherhood and apple pie in that it is hard to speak against it. However, I welcome the other changes. The changes have improved the Bill but we will have difficulty with the provision on causing offence. I...

Seanad: Merits of Farmers' Markets: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Joe O'Toole: ...not smell any more unless one grows them in the back garden. I know that the Minister of State grows his own and he knows precisely what I am talking about. An Irish tomato can be eaten like an apple, both for the smell of it which is gorgeous, the taste of it which is gorgeous and the colour which is gorgeous. Chefs will say that to slice open a home-grown or backyard-grown Irish...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Joe O'Toole: ...set of support structures. No one can oppose it, as the announcement of the establishment of a new consumer protection agency or Bill will meet agreement from all, as though it were motherhood and apple pie, as it is a great idea. However, Members should not forget that a good system existed previously that did not get sufficient resources. This agency will not be able to do its work if...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2006)

Joe O'Toole: ...have objected to it in arguments on this issue. I am sure that when the Minister was growing up in County Meath he and his brothers may have gone into the wrong orchard and come home with a lot of apples. Children would not do so now. The same thing happened in Dingle, although there were not that many orchards. However, there were a good few places where a fellow could tickle a salmon and...