Results 2,421-2,440 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Senator Bacik to continue without interruption.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Group 10 relates to enforcement, penalties, prosecution and injunctions. Amendments Nos. 68 to 71, inclusive, are relevant.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: The House has no control over what is being broadcast. An tAire Stáit to continue without interruption.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Group 11 relates to sections 181A, 181B, 181C, 182A, 182B, 182C and 182D of the 2001 Act and concern cost recovery, consultation and directive requirements. Amendments Nos. 86 to 92, inclusive, and amendment No. 105 are relevant.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Will the Senator clarify to which section he is referring?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: To which particular amendment is the Senator speaking?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: As Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh might say, sílim go bhfuil tú ar fóraoil, which means, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh might think the Senator was a little wide of the goalpost, but the Senator has made a good point which the Minister of State might like to take up.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: The Minister of State is not required to reply.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: I bent the rules a little bit in allowing Senator Bacik to speak twice on Report Stage, as there is a voluminous number of amendments, which is unusual. I will allow Senator Dearey latitude also, as this is an important matter.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: The 12th group of amendments, amendments Nos. 101 to 104, inclusive, concerns the first and seventh Schedules to the principal Act and amendments to other Acts.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Undoubtedly the country is facing very severe difficulties, as it has over the past two years. It is an exaggeration, and it concerns me with regard to the signal it would send from the House, to state the Government is in denial, especially in a week when the Taoiseach is working hard in the United States marketing the smart economy approach of the Government. It has tangible support in...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: The amendment has a lot of merit and I appreciate the proposer has indicated he may withdraw it. The Minister has said he sympathises with the sentiments behind the amendment. We need to give serious consideration to ensuring that birth certificates record the names of both parents, in so far as this is possible. There should be an onus on people to comply with this condition. We have...

Seanad: Carers in Ireland: Statements (13 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: The Senator has gone well over time.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 113, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and has been placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question, "That the Bill be received for final consideration," the Minister may explain the purpose of the amendments made by the Dáil. This is looked...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: I call on the Minister to speak to the first group of amendments.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Group 2 comprises amendments Nos. 2 and 3 to the interpretation section of the Bill.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Group 3 concerns the extension of the range of offences to which victim impact provisions apply.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: Group 4 relates to the amendment of standards applied to the tainted acquittal re-trial procedure, the subject matter of amendments Nos. 5, 10 and 12.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Jim Walsh: We move on to Group 5, amendment of definition of new and compelling evidence, the subject matter of amendments Nos. 6 and 7. The Minister may have already touched on this issue when dealing with the amendments in Group 4.