Results 4,121-4,140 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Amendments Nos. 22 and 24 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Amendment No. 29 is in the name of Senator Bannon. Amendments Nos. 31, 32, 35 and 36 are related, therefore, amendments Nos. 29, 31, 32, 35 and 36 may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Amendment No. 30 in the name of Senator Bannon is out of order as it involves a potential charge on the Revenue.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: The amendment is out of order. Amendments Nos. 30 to 32, inclusive, not moved.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Amendment No. 33 in the name of Senator Quinn is also out of order as it involves a potential charge on the Revenue.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Amendment No. 34 is also out of order as it again involves a potential charge upon the Revenue.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: That is the ruling. Amendments Nos. 34 to 36, inclusive, not moved.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Amendments Nos. 37, 38 and 51 are related and are to be taken together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: We are rehashing the debate on Second and Committee Stages to some extent. The timing of the referendum is a secondary issue and we should concentrate on the substance of the matter. It is not fair to say the Opposition has not been given enough time to deal with the matter. This has its genesis six years ago in the Belfast Agreement and the Supreme Court decision a year and a half ago. The...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: The racism issue has only been raised by Members of the Opposition in this House. It is almost as if there is a wish that there might be something in that regard.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: I have no intention of withdrawing my remarks. It is an impression that I have come to from listening to the debates on this issue in the House. I ask the Opposition to put this above party politics. This is an issue that must be dealt with in the interests of the Irish people and those of immigrants and non-nationals. I ask that it be approached in a way, which will ensure no racist...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: There would be a greater risk of this happening if the referendum was held in isolation. By combining it with the forthcoming elections, there is less likelihood of racism emerging. While canvassing for the forthcoming elections, I have noted that the members of the public also see it as a simple question. If it is left that way, there will be no difficulties. No politician should try to get...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: I listened to Senator Tuffy yesterday. To be fair, she has raised an interesting point in this regard. I am not sure she is quite correct when she says people have that right now, since no one has a right under the Constitution until they are born, so the right does not come into play until then. It is not as if we are depriving someone of a right that he or she has at present. That point...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: I support Senator Kitt's call for a debate on Iraq. If one reads the Official Report of the debate in this House before the invasion of Iraq, one will find that many of the apprehensions outlined by Senators at the time have, unfortunately, come to pass. Such a debate would be timely because current events in Iraq are sowing the seeds of conflict for a considerable time to come. I would also...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Amárach. Ordaíodh go tógfaí an Tuarascáil, Déardaoin, 6 Bealtaine 2004. Report Stage ordered for Thursday, 6 May 2004.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Family Law: Motion. (5 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: I propose the amendment be taken as an addendum to the main motion.

Seanad: Family Law: Motion. (5 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Yes.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Senator's Tuffy is arguing the Labour Party's point that any child born in Ireland, regardless of whether the parents are nationals, should have an immediate entitlement to citizenship. That is the substantive issue to which I referred to earlier. On Second Stage and in previous debates on this issue, application of citizenship rights in other EU member states was raised. Ireland's...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 May 2004)

Jim Walsh: Is there such a distinction?