Results 701-720 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh
- Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Second Stage (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: I applaud and support the Minister in his efforts in this regard. In my view, the tobacco industry is evil. People say it is a bad industry but I believe it is an evil industry second only, in my opinion, to the abortion industry in that abortion directly targets the life of the baby while in this instance the lives of people are being directly targeted. Some 50% of people who smoke will...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: It is a very important issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: This is a woman who had her babies in chains and this human rights activist dismisses it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: The Senator must be doing no political work whatsoever.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: No serious recommendations have been made. I wish to make a point of order.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: If Senator Colm Burke does not know about homelessness and the housing issue then he is not doing his work as a politician.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: There is not a person here who does not know people who are homeless.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: There is a crisis.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: For the first time in the history of the State, we have a housing crisis.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: And the Senator's party has ignored housing advisers and has done absolutely nothing about it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: For goodness' sake.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: Did the Government not learn anything from the election?
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: The people feel abandoned.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: Totally ignored.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: Let us go back to the abortion Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: I ask the Leader to consider conveying to the Government the two great lessons of digging. The first is that when one is in a political hole the best thing to do is to stop digging. Unfortunately, we saw the debacle last week initiated by the Taoiseach but carried on by his Minister for Finance, by the Tánaiste, and now by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The public...
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: No, that is what it should be about.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: The Senator knows that is not what the inquiry will be about.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Jim Walsh: I concur with everything that Senator Crown has said. There are people in serious medical situations who cannot access the services they require. As we have seen in recent weeks, there are people who require medical attention but cannot afford it because their medical cards have been withdrawn. Serious lessons should have been learned from the debacle that has gone on over recent years...