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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: I very much welcome the hint of republicanism I occasionally detect in a man of Trinity College, which impresses me.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: I also support the call made by Senator Boyle for a debate on the Competition Authority, its effectiveness and the restructuring that might be required. The authority is slow to deal with certain issues and to target certain areas. Equally, there is an onus on Government when it focuses on important areas like the legal profession to take effective action. I am more than slightly...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: Remember the 1980s.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: Senator Buttimer's party played havoc with the economy.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: That was after the International Monetary Fund was going to come in to pick up after them.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: Ar an gcéad dul síos ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Cosanta, an Teachta Willie O'Dea, go dtí an Teach chun an Bille tábhachtach seo a phlé. Undoubtedly, although the Opposition may be slow to acknowledge this, around the world the economic fortunes of Ireland are seen to have improved beyond all expectations over the past ten to 15 years. Most economists were caught...

Seanad: Air Accident Investigations (12 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: The report adopted on the Aer Lingus Viscount aircraft which crashed off Tuskar Rock in 1968 was taken up in the lifetime of the previous Dáil and Seanad. I believe Deputy Mary O'Rourke was the Minister in charge at the time and a full investigation was undertaken. It was a terrible tragedy. Many unanswered questions arose from that tragedy. For many years, pilot error was blamed but...

Seanad: Air Accident Investigations (12 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for his response and the explanations therein. As he said, he is familiar with the background to the accident as the plane involved took off from Cork and he knows the bereaved families, as I do also. Can the Department's air accident investigation unit examine each and every aspect of the findings in RTE's investigative report? The report seemed credible,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: Ba mhaith liom aontú leis an méid atá ráite ag an tSeanadóir Nicky McFadden mar gheall ar na daoine ón tir seo atá i Nua Eabhrac, Boston agus cathracha eile sna Stáit Aontaithe agus nach bhfuil cead acu a bheith ann. I support Senator McFadden's views. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has taken a particular interest in this matter. I recently made representations to him about a...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: The Taoiseach referred specifically to Australia.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: She is distorting the Taoiseach's statement.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: Senator McFadden is not helping the debate or the issue itself.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: She is joining some of Senator Kelly's friends——

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: ——in putting a spin on this issue because they were——

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: I concur with what Senator Hannigan said and I support his call for a debate on the issue. Senator Fitzgerald proposed an amendment and was seconded by Senator Alex White. Perhaps I am wrong, but I thought that there is some prior consultation between the leaders before we sit and I would expect that those issues would emerge at that stage. I am surprised by the amendment because I...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: ——that the matter would be put forward as an agreed motion without debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: It does nothing for this important issue when people are trying to distort what is said and cause political divisions. What the Taoiseach said in the White House is on the record. We take great pride, also, in the contribution of all our emigrants to the United States, and acknowledge, Mr. President, your efforts in recent times to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. It is our fervent...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: We should speak on this issue with one voice. There is a generation of Irish people that were left with no option but to emigrate given the abominable Government we had in the 1980s under Garret FitzGerald and Dick Spring who buried the economy deep in the mire.

Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Cé nach bhfuil mé iomlán sásta mar gheall ar an ábhar seo, molaim an tAire as ucht an méad atá déanta aige. I welcome the Minister to the House. Before getting into the substantive issues, there is a need for elements of uniformity throughout the country with regard to planning. Planning guidelines should be seen as guidelines, because there are local...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)

Jim Walsh: Senator Kelly's brother.