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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: We must have a debate on this, to discuss the continuation of life. This is challenging, particularly for those in the Fine Gael Party, where there are people on the pro-choice side and on the pro-life side.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: We should follow the advice of Edmund Burke, the great Irish parliamentarian. Do not abrogate one's conscience to people such as Deputy Alan Shatter, Deputy James Reilly, Senator Ivana Bacik, Senator Susan O'Keeffe or Deputy Eamon Gilmore. People should follow their own consciences-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: -----and I urge them to do that. We must have a debate-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: -----on this before rather than after the event.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: You are pro-choice.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: You are pro-choice.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: I am asking the Senator to be honest.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: I presume the Minister of State is not in a position to respond to any of the other matters Senators propose to raise on the Adjournment.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: I understand every effort has been made by the offices of the Cathaoirleach and Leader to secure a Minister to respond to the other matters. In light of the inexplicable absence of a Minister, does Senator van Turnhout wish to proceed?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: I am prepared to allow the Senator make a short statement. She may also make a contribution on the matter she submitted to the Cathaoirleach and have it placed on record. If a Minister has not arrived at the conclusion of her contribution, we could deal with the issue at that point.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: Does Senator van Turnhout wish to proceed on the basis of the Minister of State's generous offer?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: I understand three other Senators are in the same position as Senator van Turnhout. While I do not wish to put the Leader on the spot, perhaps he will outline the efforts that were made to secure a Minister.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: I also ask that the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, convey the Senator's concerns to her ministerial colleagues. It is unacceptable that a Minister is not available, even if certain Ministers may not be available for good reason, for example, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, as Senator van Turnhout noted, does not have a Minister of State. Responses to matters raised...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2012)

Jim Walsh: While Senator O'Donovan has made an exceptionally good point, he will agree with me that two wrongs do not make a right. The Executive has a particular responsibility to both Houses, one which it has failed to meet this evening.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Jim Walsh: Like Senator Bradford, I have found the debate very interesting. There are always two sides to any equation. I appreciate that the Minister is going to look at the issue raised by my colleagues and I ask him to clarify whether the slate is wiped clean after three years. I thought that there would be some overhang, as I think was the case with the previous 12 year term, in terms of money...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Jim Walsh: Senator Bradford alluded earlier to situations where people are deprived of their house and property in cases of bankruptcy. It is important to look at the situation carefully and not to be as sympathetic to the banks in such cases as they were far from prudential and most of them were irresponsible in lending. Everybody here has heard stories of how irresponsible the banks were in giving...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Jim Walsh: There has been some comment on the budget and we shall know what it contains in the next four or five hours. I join with Members in saying that I hope that it will be underpinned by a couple of essential pillars. First, the element of fairness which was mentioned by a number of Senators on both sides of the House. I hope that the budget will reflect that the overloading of the workhorse...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Jim Walsh: If the Senator had listened to me he would know that I have mentioned that already. Waste should be the second plank. I recall that, pre-election and post-election, both Government parties wanted to target waste in the public sector.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Jim Walsh: Yes. The targeting of waste in the pubic sector was an essential priority but it has gone off the radar in the past two years since the Government came to power. I reckon that the ¤2 billion sum is a conservative figure and that, realistically, some ¤4 billion could be saved. It is outrageous the amount of money that is being wasted. Yesterday, there was a Supplementary Estimate for...

Seanad: Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (6 Dec 2012)

Jim Walsh: No doctor is-----