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Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am very happy to support the Bill that he has brought before us. Johnstown Castle is an amenity in our area and as the Minister pointed out the community has enjoyed this amenity for many decades. It also has been an amenity in the Wexford area as far back as the invasion of the Normans in 1169. It also has a connection with history during the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in South Sudan: Concern, GOAL and Oxfam (11 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the delegates and apologise for having to leave the meeting to attend a debate and vote in the Seanad. I was hoping to have an opportunity to speak to them in private on a matter about which I am concerned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in South Sudan: Concern, GOAL and Oxfam (11 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: Thank you, Chairman. Some of the other questions I intended to ask may already have been asked by colleagues. What do the delegates see as the likelihood of the situation in South Sudan rectifying itself and being brought under control? Will the delegates indicate how many staff their organisations have working in the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in South Sudan: Concern, GOAL and Oxfam (11 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: That is fine, Chairman. I can speak to colleagues about what has transpired.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: I concur with everything that Senator Crown has said. There are people in serious medical situations who cannot access the services they require. As we have seen in recent weeks, there are people who require medical attention but cannot afford it because their medical cards have been withdrawn. Serious lessons should have been learned from the debacle that has gone on over recent years...

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: Yes. I support the debate that has been called for. I will conclude on this point. In my opinion, it undermines the make-up of our Seanad. It highlights something I have argued for some time, that an in-built artificial Government majority in this particular House is unnecessary and certainly unhelpful for our democratic process. The sooner the 11 Taoiseach's nominations are abolished...

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: No, that is what it should be about.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: The Senator knows that is not what the inquiry will be about.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: I ask the Leader to consider conveying to the Government the two great lessons of digging. The first is that when one is in a political hole the best thing to do is to stop digging. Unfortunately, we saw the debacle last week initiated by the Taoiseach but carried on by his Minister for Finance, by the Tánaiste, and now by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The public...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: Let us go back to the abortion Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: The Senator must be doing no political work whatsoever.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: No serious recommendations have been made. I wish to make a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: If Senator Colm Burke does not know about homelessness and the housing issue then he is not doing his work as a politician.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: There is not a person here who does not know people who are homeless.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: There is a crisis.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: For the first time in the history of the State, we have a housing crisis.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: And the Senator's party has ignored housing advisers and has done absolutely nothing about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: For goodness' sake.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: Did the Government not learn anything from the election?