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

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: I have just explained to the Senator— Acting Chairman (Mr. J. Walsh): The Senator, without interruption.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: Aontaím leis na Seanadóirí eile agus iad ag gabháil fáilte leis an Aire agus leis an mBille seo. I welcome certain provisions of the Bill which will help to tackle some of the environmental difficulties we are experiencing. Like other Members, however – even those on this side of the House – I have strong reservations about other provisions of the Bill about which I will speak...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: I accept that.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: We visited a landfill site also and saw the operation there. While it would not be up to the standards of the Kill site, it would be up to the standard of others. They had taken off the leechate and were also burning the gases.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: Absolutely, and the opposition to that from the leader of the party was a serious infringement on local democracy. All political parties make a plaything of local government and we should oppose that. We should go in the other direction.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: I agree with Senator Mansergh. I applaud the Lord Mayor of Dublin for his action. I agree with him when he said, "No taxation without representation." If we make the imposition of charges an executive function, managers will use them to prop up other services. I read the Minister's comments with regard to the cost per tonne. In our county, we use surplus funding from the charges towards other...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: That is because we are behind in the environment provision of regulating landfills and so on. The Minister should look at this before Committee Stage. If local government is continually eroded, how can we expect people of ability to go forward for election and make a contribution? The removal of the dual mandate and the proposed removal of the directly elected chair will leave local...

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2002: Report Stage. (4 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: If the amendment was accepted it would mean the penalty would stand at €3,000, which would be totally inadequate. It would be a strong inducement to employers who would be of a mind to break the law because it would be quite profitable to do so. The points made by the Senator could be countered by recognising that the prescribed ten years or €250,000 do not exceed the particular...

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2002: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: It is customary to acknowledge the usefulness of the Bill and the reasonable manner with which the Minister accommodated various amendments put forward. Our hope is that an important Bill such as this will have the effect of speeding up the process for the genuine asylum seekers who are disadvantaged because of abuses of the system.

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2002: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 Feb 2003)

Jim Walsh: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (19 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: The effect of amendment No. 7 would be to neuter the Bill. It would leave it open to any carrier complicit with the people he or she was carrying to say that they were asylum seekers. That is not the intent of the Bill. Many of the amendments would neuter the Bill. I do not know if that is the intention of the Labour Party or not but if it is, it should be stated up front. There is no country...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (19 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: On the section, the provisions are eminently sensible and they are not a departure from what is happening. If someone presents themselves at Dublin Airport to travel to any continental country, his or her passport is requested and if he or she does not have it, and this is nothing to do with the Ryanair situation where a passport is required to board the aircraft, the carrier will not accept...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: In contrast to the very constructive debate here yesterday evening, we seem to have begun this one on a very cantankerous and preposterous basis. I do not think anyone in this House would condone or attempt to defend the criminal activities of trafficking in human beings, the unfortunate consequences of which we saw in commercial vehicles. On Senator Norris's point, we are well aware of the...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: On a point of order, is it in order for Senator Ryan to refer in a derogatory manner to a Member of the other House, given that the Member in question is not present?

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: I have raised a point of order.

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: We are back on Second Stage.

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: We must deal with the section. We are having a global debate on the whole subject.

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: I respect your decision, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, but if the debate continues to be so wide open, we will never finish.

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: Senator Norris made an interesting point about the authorities in other countries. There is anecdotal evidence – perhaps more than that – to suggest that other authorities have turned a blind eye to this. The events at the Channel tunnel are an example. The authorities are happy to see people pass through their jurisdiction into others. This is a reasonable point. I have some knowledge of...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Jim Walsh: There has been evidence of such trafficking. Situations will arise where the carrier or driver may be totally oblivious to the fact that there are people on board. We are on section 2 of the Bill.