Results 441-460 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: There are plenty of them.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: When it comes to who paid for them, I have heard Senators talk about the issue of money coming from America. I have debated this issue a number of times in the House. I compliment GLEN on its professionalism and resources. I did not realise it was getting €17 million from Mr. Chuck Feeney's Atlantic Philanthopies. That money is not available to other groups. The same applies on...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: We will do our best.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: I was.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: Absolutely. I am not in the least surprised that Senator Davod Norris is a director of the ICCL.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: I will. If I am not provoked, I will stay on the subject matter.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: I say to the Minister that the research is insufficient. There are conflicting conclusions that one can draw, but what is not in dispute in the many pieces of scientific research conducted in other countries is that it is clear that children's best prospects for development are within married couple family status.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: When one talks about hierarchy, I am not in the least trying to differentiate between families. Every family, particularly in the current economic climate, regardless of diversity, is finding it extremely difficult. What I will say is that those children who find themselves up for adoption deserve the best placement. The criteria of the adoption authority apply across the board, regardless...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: I thank the Minister for that clarification. Perhaps she would give consideration to having some connection when the person is applying for the passport as well, because the person might not be applying for a birth certificate. That might happen only rarely. There could be some other mechanism to trigger the knowledge being given to the person when they apply. Perhaps the Minister would...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: Does one?
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: Fair enough. However, a passport lasts ten years.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: The Minister might look at that.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: I move amendment No. 83: In page 85, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:“(f) by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsection:“(8) In making an order the Authority must act in the best interest of the child (having a mother and a father) and will give preference, in the first instance to married male-female couples, subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c)...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: I support the amendment. I have followed the debate in the House and I know that Senator Power, who has a personal interest in this matter, has put forward a Bill in the House in this regard. I agree with her that there should be some mechanism. I am unsure at what stage the child should be made aware but it should be done at some stage either in adolescence, at 16 years, 18 years or...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: On the section, this is to do with orders under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act. I take a particularly strong view on the issue of maintenance. Unfortunately, as we debated earlier, it is women who are left literally holding the baby and taking full responsibility for the rearing of the child and for all the costs attached to that and it is time for a greater...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: Senator O'Donnell does not have to.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: On a point of order, the topic we are discussing is important. The House should not be unruly. There is difference of opinion in this regard but there should be absolute respect. All we are doing is conveying the bullying that will go on subsequent to the implementation of the measures in the Bill to which people will be subject. Members should-----
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: This is connected to the Bill we will take tomorrow and we should separate them.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: I will wait on the Minister.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
Jim Walsh: I thank the Minister for her response. At the outset, I acknowledge that it is a very complex area. I drafted a Bill relating to it about three years ago and tried to tease it out as best I could. Ultimately, I was not satisfied. I met with Dr. Joanna Rose, who the Minister probably knows. I suggested to the Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality that she...