Results 2,161-2,180 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh

Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Jim Walsh: Nouriel Roubini advised that we should extend the repayment period and reduce the coupon.

Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Jim Walsh: The junior bondholders were being cut before the Government took office.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Jim Walsh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Jim Walsh: Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom aontú le morán atá ráite ar do shon, ó Seanadóirí eile inniu. Cuirim mo chomhgairdeachas féin leat as ucht an onóir a bronnadh ort inniu. Tá an post tuillte agat agus go n-éirí go mór leat san post tábhactach ar son an tSeanaid sna blianta atá romhainn. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach to whom Senator Ó Domhnaill referred as one of the...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Jim Walsh: It will be just today.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an méid atá ráite ag an Ceannaire. In particular, I welcome his commitment to bring some innovation to the business of the House. While the idea of inviting European Commissioners to the House is a good one, we should go further. The current economic challenges are the most pressing issue facing the country. There are many eminent economists of international...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: I am asking the Leader to ensure they are included in a clear-cut debate. The challenges facing us are of such magnitude that if we fail to address them properly, we will consign not only this generation of young people but the next generation to unemployment or emigration. We must face up to these challenges and I ask the Leader to include them in a broader debate on competitiveness and...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: I support the call by Senator Ó Murchú yesterday for a joint agreed motion on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Will the Leader facilitate that happening? He and I sat on a sub-committee which heard the most appalling tales from the victims of those bombings who were sadly and badly failed by this State over many decades. We may have an opportunity now to resurrect this issue and to try...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: I would support any scheme to seek redress for the victims of the Magdalene laundries. There was one in my own town and it must be said quite a number of those who passed through the laundries had positive rather than negative experiences. However, a great deal of the report indicates that many had a negative experience and, therefore, there should be redress, but it must happen in a way...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: -----with those that have happened in the Lower House. We need to step up our game in this regard. I am concerned that the drag on the Government by elements within the Labour Party not to face up to our difficulties could be ruinous for the whole economy and for each and every citizen in the country, particularly our young people. I, therefore, ask that we have a debate on this issue...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: That could be done. Surely we can make provision for it.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: I do not want it to be buried in a basket somewhere by putting it to the CPP. If we are talking about Seanad reform, then we must be innovative.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: In the past, under a former leader, people from outside this Chamber addressed the House and we followed that up with a question and answer session. These things can happen if the will is there. People connected with the public service can also be brought in. We must find ways and means of doing this because the situation is too serious. We are all paid out of the public purse and people...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: I ask that we do this. I ask the Clerk of the Seanad to play her part as well. There is no point in people putting obstacles in our way. We want to find solutions to the problems, not identify the problems. Everybody knows the problems. We must do this in a constructive way.

Seanad: Biological Weapons Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. Go n-éirí go mór léi san obair thábhachtach atá le déanamh aici ar son ár dtíre. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to the House. From serving with her on other bodies in the House, I know she will bring a great deal of diligence to the job. I wish her well in her position. The Bill, like...

Seanad: Biological Weapons Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: Hiroshima.

Seanad: Water Charges: Motion (8 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: That was the Deputy's former leader, Mr. Dick Spring.

Seanad: Water Charges: Motion (8 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: The Labour Party will not let the Senator's party do that. It has gone into reverse. It is looking after the interests of the party, not the country.

Seanad: Water Charges: Motion (8 Jun 2011)

Jim Walsh: Tá mé buíoch don Seanadóir Ó Briain as ucht seans a thabhairt dom leabhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. The former Tánaiste Dick Spring introduced water charges back in 1983 when he was Minister for the Environment. It was done on a flat rate basis and, as Senator Rónán Mullen pointed out, to address the fiscal difficulties of the time. I remember chairing the local authority in...