Results 2,681-2,700 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: I am also calling for a debate on RTE and the bias in it. It is censoring women who regret their abortions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: It is taking one side in that argument, as it does politically. It is the same as the Labour Party. The Stickies have taken control of the Labour Party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: There is a residue still left in RTE and it is driving the agenda. It is driving the country in the direction it should not be going.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: This is week in, week out. It was not just yesterday. I have been raising this critical matter for a long time and it should have been tackled by now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: It is wrong and the Senator knows that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: It is worrying that the Government is not giving priority to NAMA.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: I thought the Leader might be caddying.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: Why are we not sitting next Tuesday?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: Why are we not sitting the day after the bank holiday?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: I ask the Leader -----
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: That is untrue. The only occasions I have not been here -----
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: ----- were when I was away on parliamentary business -----
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: ----- and a family wedding last week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: The Leader has not answered the question of why we are not sitting next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: There is no reason we should not sit the day after a bank holiday. He does not have a credible answer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: Is the Leader going to give us an answer on why we are not sitting on Tuesday?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: Can I ask him the question?
- Seanad: Review of White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: I welcome the Minister of State and, as other speakers have said, there is no-one more appropriate to hold his portfolio. I want to raise a number of issues about conditionality as has been mentioned by a number of Senators. I am a little concerned about some of the comments made by the Minister of State and presentations received at committee level. I am concerned that if people are losing...
- Seanad: Review of White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: I put my question to the Minister of State in committee as well. The issue engages me because of what some countries are doing. Where do we stand on imposing abortion? This is carried out especially by the USA, where there is a strong abortion industry, in some of these African countries. What is Ireland's position on the matter? The Minister of State remarked that our embassies will play...
- Seanad: Review of White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: Did that include the right to life?