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Seanad: Order of Business - Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: It would be easy to do. Alternatively, a select committee of the Seanad could scrutinise them. Some mechanism should be introduced to deal with it. Recently I saw the Leader at his committee which was interviewing the chairman designate of the Port of Waterford. The chairman designate acquitted himself well and the process was good, and it should be extended to all boards. Given the...

Seanad: Order of Business - Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: It can be done very easily, as the vote is done by post. While the Government is diverting our attention to these peripheral matters, parents who are trying to get their children who have special needs into pre-school and school where they can enhance their prospects of playing a meaningful part in their lives and development, are not being supported as they should be. Everybody recognises...

Seanad: Order of Business - Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: The Taoiseach.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I respect the tone of the Minister of State's response. I commend him for being sympathetic to the family and showing empathy with them. Everybody in the House would send their good wishes to anybody in these circumstances. We hope time will help the Enright and Walsh families to heal their sense of loss. Nothing would be of more help in that process than if they were to be able to...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I recognise what the Minister of State is saying. His comments do not give me any comfort or confidence that he intends to accept these amendments. I ask him to approach this matter in an open-minded way, just as I will. I have not heard any valid reasons. We can discuss this privately between us. I am not looking for stillbirths to be redefined. That could be an issue with the WHO. I...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I move amendment No. 2: In page 21, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(3) Where the pregnant mother of an unborn child dies and that death results in the death of the unborn child, the Superintendent Registrar in whose registration area where the death occurred, must register the death of that unborn child.”.”.An addition to that amendment would be that...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I understand it is his first time here.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I wish him well in his new-found position and hope he will succeed in the short time he has left. It is to be hoped he will be one of the Ministers who come to the House who are very receptive to amendments and will use a degree of political discretion and independence in making decisions with regard to some issues. I welcome the provision that a mother, when she attends alone, must provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: May I just make one short comment, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I want to make two points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I am not happy with many of the answers given by the ambassador. However, as he did offer in a recent letter to meet me privately, I am happy to do so. It is welcome that he is here and has been made aware of the strong views of the committee on the issue. These views are not anti-Israel. While they may be pro-Palestinian, it does not follow that they are anti-Israel. It is welcome that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: Is the Israeli Government-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: Does the ambassador agree that it should include the Israeli Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: They are-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: Correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: Is Israel prepared to enter into negotiations on an agreement on the basis of reverting to the pre-1967 borders? Obviously, everybody subscribes to the view that the interests and future of Israel should be secured within them, but I do not detect from anything the ambassador has said that would give me confidence or change my deep conviction that Israel is simply not interested in moving to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I sympathise, as I did earlier with the Palestinian ambassador, with the Israeli ambassador on the loss of civilian life in Israel caused by some of the rockets fired into it. That was wrong. The ambassador stated in his submission: "...the Palestinian civilians are not our enemies and we did not want them dead or hurt ... each time a civilian was killed unintentionally was seen as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I also indicated that I wished to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I am on my second last question. The risk associated with DAISH has been raised. Many people, including representatives of non-governmental organisations that are involved in human rights, say that Fatah is losing public support because it does not seem to be able to make progress with negotiations with Israel. Hamas is also losing support because of what it has done, which has attracted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors (3 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the ambassador and join others in offering my condolences on the loss of innocent life in Gaza and the West Bank in recent months. Is the new found co-operation between Fatah and Hamas sustainable, given that an election is due next year? I welcome that co-operation because unless the Palestinians are united, they will find it very hard to reach an agreement that is sustainable....