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Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go bpléifimid an t-ábhar airgeadais anseo. To pick up on Senator Mullen's last point, we have a proud tradition of charitable donations and State support for the overseas development sector. It is a pity given the climate that it must be revisited but we must remember that we are in the vanguard when it comes to meeting the 0.7% of gross domestic...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: I call on the Leader to arrange an early debate on a matter which I consider to be of extreme importance. This evening, the HSE is sponsoring the invitation to a debate in Cork University Hospital entitled "Why euthanasia should be legalised". The invited speaker is in favour of involuntary euthanasia and believes in killing patients whose cost benefit ratio is unfavourable to plough money...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: The Senator is correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: I am sure it will scare every patient in nursing homes throughout the country. It is scandalous and deplorable. This comes from the ethics forum — if one does not mind — of Cork University Hospital. We remember what the ethics forum at UCC did with regard to embryonic stem cell research.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: If the agenda of this unrepresentative group started with embryonic stem cell research, where embryos are destroyed and one prevents life occurring, and is moving to involuntary euthanasia and killing people when they get to a stage in life where they are not useful or productive, what is next? Infanticide?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: I seek an urgent debate on this issue. It is absolutely scandalous and shame on the Senator opposite who seeks to support this type of activity in our society.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: Amnesia.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: Does Senator Buttimer want us to legislate——

Seanad: Appointments to State Agencies and Public Bodies: Motion (8 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Seanadóir MacSharry as deis a thabhairt dom cúpla focal a rá ar an ábhar seo. I welcome the Minister of State. I also compliment Senators Boyle and de Búrca of the Green Party for tabling the motion. It is opportune and timely that we discuss this issue. Reference was made to the public service in general and the OECD review of the...

Seanad: Appointments to State Agencies and Public Bodies: Motion (8 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: If I am allowed to finish my point, the Democratic Left party, which is now called the Labour Party——

Seanad: Appointments to State Agencies and Public Bodies: Motion (8 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: There was a reverse takeover.

Seanad: Appointments to State Agencies and Public Bodies: Motion (8 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: During that period 1994 to 1997, I noticed the carve-up and I spoke to Ministers in Government at that time when they had difficulty carving up various boards because all three parties, Fine Gael, Labour and Democratic Left, had to be catered for. In many instances they appointed good people and perhaps this is a preferable way to do it than the way we are doing it. To some extent over the...

Seanad: Appointments to State Agencies and Public Bodies: Motion (8 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: I concur with those who said that local representatives should not be automatically excluded. Many of them have the commitment and are imbued with the spirit of public service. I note that they are much more the active members of any boards to which they are appointed compared with some other members. They should not be excluded simply because they are involved in local politics. There...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: I join those who expressed sympathy to the family of Garda McCallion and the Garda authorities on his untimely death. What happened to Garda McCallion is a timely reminder of the selfless service gardaí give in defence of society. Time should be set aside for a debate on banking. The Minister for Finance has proven to be particularly adept in dealing with a difficult and complicated issue...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: It would be important for the House to debate these matters.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: On Senator Fitzgerald's comments on the budget, it would be advisable to await the details of the budget before commenting. Clear signals have been given that the budget will be very fair and I agree it is important it is fair and is seen to be so. I do not know about anybody else, but I have been encouraged by the number of Cabinet meetings that have taken place.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: It shows that a degree of scrutiny is being put into the detail of the budget. While Senator Healy Eames might find it funny, many people hope——

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: ——that this budget——

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: ——will lay a foundation on which the economy can recover. We live in unprecedented times and the challenges are extraordinary. We have a daily diet of negativity and doom and gloom which, in its own way, exacerbates the situation with regard to consumer and investor confidence. Without those recovering to some degree we will see a continuing decrease in the economic fortunes of the...

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2009)

Jim Walsh: I have a request for the Minister on the same line of thought as Senator Fitzgerald. I mentioned this to him privately but I got delayed at a parliamentary party meeting which disabled me from being here to put it forward. I ask the Minister to examine section 121 for Report Stage. It raises a most serious issue. It deals with an employee of the authority who is immediately seconded from...