Results 3,401-3,420 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: She is exercising that right to choose whether her baby lives or dies.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: However, as soon as that woman has had her abortion, they are no longer interested. All they are interested in is asserting the ideology.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I am going to conclude. I am asking the Minister-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I will. In the case of these women who have had abortions - many of whom have often suffered trauma throughout their lifetimes, with no backup support - I am asking the Minister what support systems is he putting in place-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: -----as a consequence of this Bill, in order to see that those women get the necessary supports to which they are entitled?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: But not on this Stage.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: Some never listen.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: That is a distortion. The evidence given at the committee was very clear, even from pro-choice-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I know the Senator may believe he is an expert because he is Chairman of the committee.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: Give us the medical evidence that abortion is a treatment for suicidality.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: On a point of order, it is now 8 p.m.-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: If order is restored, I will make my point of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: As it is 8 p.m., I request that-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: -----the debate be extended to allow the Minister to reply.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I join Senators in complimenting my colleague, Senator Mary White, who has championed the cause of women very effectively in this House. I agree with her fully regarding the need for greater participation by women in different sectors of society, particularly enterprise. I support Senator Darragh O'Brien's comments regarding the recess. It is imperative that we do not adjourn sine die....
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: I am putting a question to the Leader. I asked the Minister yesterday to outline what support services and counselling are being put in place for women who have abortions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: No, they were not. With absolute respect, the only reason I am raising this issue now is that we did not have an opportunity to do so yesterday. We broke unnecessarily for an hour and a half, as the Cathaoirleach knows.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: The debate was truncated. I am merely asking the Leader that we have a debate on this issue in the autumn, in the interests of those poor women who suffer anguish as a consequence of abortion. The first week of our return would be a good time to have that discussion with the Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Jim Walsh: Senator Bacik is only a pseudo-----
- Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)
Jim Walsh: I join those who commended Senator Mark Daly on raising this important issue. It is a matter of life and death for many people. I know he has taken criticism from Members on the other side of the House and from the media. To some extent that is understandable. I too would have been of the view that a simple solution to increasing the availability of organs would have been to move to...