Results 2,041-2,060 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Group 10 relates to enforcement, penalties, prosecution and injunctions. Amendments Nos. 68 to 71, inclusive, are relevant.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: The House has no control over what is being broadcast. An tAire Stáit to continue without interruption.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Group 11 relates to sections 181A, 181B, 181C, 182A, 182B, 182C and 182D of the 2001 Act and concern cost recovery, consultation and directive requirements. Amendments Nos. 86 to 92, inclusive, and amendment No. 105 are relevant.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Will the Senator clarify to which section he is referring?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: To which particular amendment is the Senator speaking?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: As Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh might say, sílim go bhfuil tú ar fóraoil, which means, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh might think the Senator was a little wide of the goalpost, but the Senator has made a good point which the Minister of State might like to take up.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: The Minister of State is not required to reply.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: I bent the rules a little bit in allowing Senator Bacik to speak twice on Report Stage, as there is a voluminous number of amendments, which is unusual. I will allow Senator Dearey latitude also, as this is an important matter.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: The 12th group of amendments, amendments Nos. 101 to 104, inclusive, concerns the first and seventh Schedules to the principal Act and amendments to other Acts.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)

Jim Walsh: I used to be opposite Senator O'Reilly on the communications and energy portfolio. I disagree with his call for an emergency debate on electricity prices. It would be fair to point out that there have been reductions in recent years. While the point he raised about the PSO is an interesting one, it has been debated in the House previously. Some have called for a specialisation of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)

Jim Walsh: The cost went from €9 billion to €20 billion.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)

Jim Walsh: There was a consensus in the Opposition that insufficient money was being spent on it and that it should have been further increased.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)

Jim Walsh: Nobody on the opposite side is in a position to throw stones. It has to be tackled collectively.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)

Jim Walsh: We cannot pass on to the next generation inflated salaries, guaranteed jobs and a pension scheme that one cannot buy in the private sector. That cannot be passed on to people in the private sector - the productive sector - who are struggling to meet their mortgages and the cost of living. It is time we faced up to the issue and held a proper debate on it.

Seanad: End of Life Care: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Jim Walsh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: End of Life Care: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Jim Walsh: I thank Senator Ó Brolcháin for affording me the opportunity to make a short contribution to this debate. I concur with what he said about pairing. It is a pity Members of the Opposition and Opposition parties do not reflect the regard the President has for the Seanad. They should reflect on this point. There is nothing to be gained from disrupting the business of this House because...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Jim Walsh: There has been much discussion about achieving consensus. There was a need over the last two years for much greater cohesion in the political system to tackle the situation in which we find ourselves. Nobody really believes that any area of expenditure will not be put under the microscope if we are to extricate ourselves from our fiscal difficulties. The forthcoming budget will be...

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him, acknowledging the challenge he faces. I know well he is up to it and I wish him well because it is a difficult task. I am not a fan of the Croke Park agreement. I can see the benefit in having consensus and in working with the unions to achieve a transformation in the public service. However, while the social partnership model which...

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Jim Walsh: I would not hold them accountable. Whoever is in charge of such staff should be identified and dispensed with. It is their responsibility to identify areas where there is such waste and where it is not being tackled. I understand why the Croke Park agreement includes an incentive that some of the savings will be repaid to those whose salaries were reduced and who are earning under...

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Jim Walsh: Also, what proportion of the savings has been committed to for repayment in order to replenish those wages? The area which needs to be considered and which identifies itself easily when we look back over the past decade is that of overstaffing. From 1998 to 2008, the public sector increased from approximately 220,000 on the public service payroll to 370,000, an increase of 150,000. The cost...