Results 401-420 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (23 Jun 2004)

Jim Walsh: Legislation would be extremely cumbersome if all references had to be incorporated. It would also be difficult to understand and could give rise to higher fees for the legal profession. Are the documents coded using specific references so that later editions would not have to be covered by retrospective legislation?

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (23 Jun 2004)

Jim Walsh: I cannot let that point go without commenting upon it. The Minister has emphasised that the convention itself makes provision for this specific area concerning people who have a short part of their sentences left to run. In this instance, we are obviously also talking about pursuing people who have been involved in reasonably serious crimes, so that their sentences would have been far in...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (23 Jun 2004)

Jim Walsh: I propose that the Order of Business be amended to extend the finishing time of this Bill past 5 p.m. in order to complete it as we are just a few minutes from doing so.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (23 Jun 2004)

Jim Walsh: Crime is an issue that concerns the Minister and all of us involved in politics. The sophistication of many of those involved in it means that greater co-operation is required to tackle it. I compliment the Minister on bringing forward this legislation and all the other items of legislation he has introduced. This Bill will be particularly useful and effective because those involved in...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2004)

Jim Walsh: Amendment No. 157 is an alternative to amendment No. 156 and both may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (30 Jun 2004)

Jim Walsh: I defer to Senator Brendan Ryan with regard to forgery. He would be far more expert than I, given the party of which he is a member. I will make no comment on that. I wish to call for a debate——

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (30 Jun 2004)

Jim Walsh: ——on the report from the Oireachtas committee of inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (30 Jun 2004)

Jim Walsh: If the Cathaoirleach asks me to withdraw it, I will do so, but my sentiments remain the same.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (30 Jun 2004)

Jim Walsh: In deference to the wishes of the Cathaoirleach, I withdraw it. Perhaps the Leader might arrange a debate before the House rises next week on the report of the Oireachtas joint committee on the Barron inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. I understand there may be a debate in the other House and, given the report was issued about three months ago, it is appropriate to have a similar...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: I join with Senator O'Toole in seeking a debate in regard to the Mahon tribunal. The debate should not only comment on the report of the chairman; we should consider all of the tribunals. It is a sad reflection on this House that having established tribunals on a number of issues, they are now incurring extensive costs and providing entertainment for many radio programmes, which was not the...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus an Bille tábhachtach seo. Unlike Senator Terry, I welcome this much needed Bill. Those of us who sat on the sub-committee on the Barron report into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings were conscious of the inhibitions the current failed mechanisms of tribunals imposed. There is overwhelming public support for changes to be made which will lead to more...

Seanad: Barron Report: Statements. (7 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: No. I am quite happy for Senator Brian Hayes to start.

Seanad: Barron Report: Statements. (7 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the Minister to the House. History is littered with examples of man's inhumanity to man, prime examples of which can be seen in different parts of the world. During the Troubles there were examples of that in Ireland, North and South, and in the neighbouring island. Where paramilitary involvement gives rise to these atrocities it is abominable but there is something extremely...

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: I propose we take all the amendments together in one group if that is agreeable to the House.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dea. I join with other speakers in welcoming the facilitating manner in which the Minister, Deputy Michael McDowell, and the Minister of State have taken account of the positive suggestions and recommendations contained in amendments to the Bill. At first glance, when I saw that 43 amendments had been made to the Bill in the Dáil, it raised the...

Seanad: International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: He is rewriting it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: I concur with the comments about the general peaceful way in which the marching season has begun in the North with the exception of the Ardoyne last night. If the Parades Commission recommendation had been observed and taken on board by the PSNI, last night's events would not have occurred. It is regrettable that, at a time when efforts have been made to build confidence in policing in the...

Seanad: State Airports Bill 2004: Second Stage. (13 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: I propose to share five minutes of my time with Senator Cox.

Seanad: State Airports Bill 2004: Second Stage. (13 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: Listening to the Opposition is similar to watching a hurler on the ditch, admiring the opposing team who are playing well but criticising them for having their socks around their ankles, or saying that their socks are dirty, or that one of the players is off-side.

Seanad: State Airports Bill 2004: Second Stage. (13 Jul 2004)

Jim Walsh: This is an area the Minister needs to address. In the last Seanad, I was understudy to Senator Liam Fitzgerald on the public enterprise portfolio. During that time, the issue of initial offering was promoted by consultants and probably embraced by the Department. I said to the then Minister, who is now the Leader of the Seanad, that I did not consider a move from a public to private monopoly...