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Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: That is the one on which I am speaking.

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: It is very specific. One of the issues which does not seem to be covered is the issue of slow drivers on our roads.

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: I am dealing with the principle behind the specifics of the amendment.

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: I want to make two points.

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: Okay.

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: There are a couple of issues which need to be looked at in regard to road safety. One is the issue of slow drivers. It is not uncommon to come across somebody driving at 60 km/h or 65 km/h on a 100 km/h stretch with a huge build-up of traffic behind him or her. People try to pass the person which, in itself, can become dangerous. Many people who drive at that speed will pull in once they...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: I ask the Leader if he could arrange for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to come to the House to clarify his comments that debate can be robust, heated, personal and sometimes even hostile if one enters the public arena. He said that one cannot expect that the Queensberry rules will apply. Unfortunately, those comments were made last Friday when on the same day...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: Yes. The e-mail continues: "Please don't take what I said lightly. End your life-----"

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: I will ask the Leader a question once I put this e-mail on the record of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: The e-mail continues: "I would not think twice about kicking your f***ing face in ... I hope you die a horrible death".

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: I ask for a debate about freedom of speech which is essential in a democracy. It is not only those comments in the e-mail but the other night in a programme, Susan Phillips said she was getting hostile and hateful e-mails. A gay man-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: -----who opposes gay marriage, who believes that marriage is between a man and a woman, has received death threats.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: I have a question for the Leader. Can we have a debate on freedom of speech with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources? Can we deal with these dangerous, vicious elements in the gay ideological movement? I appeal to those more reasonable voices-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Jim Walsh: I call for the more reasonable voices within the gay groups and particularly GLEN, which I have always found to be responsible, to condemn this type of activity. It is totally unacceptable and is clearly intended to intimidate or prevent people from engaging in open debate on a matter of social re-engineering.

Seanad: Humanitarian Situation in Syria, South Sudan and Central African Republic: Statements (30 Jan 2014)

Jim Walsh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Humanitarian Situation in Syria, South Sudan and Central African Republic: Statements (30 Jan 2014)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for this timely and important debate. The extent of the humanitarian crisis in the regions we are speaking about is alarming. I wish to recognise the commitment of the Minister of State to this area. His aptitude for the job is well known and recognised and I commend him on the efforts he has made to try to ensure the humanitarian aid programme...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)

Jim Walsh: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)

Jim Walsh: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)

Jim Walsh: The comments were made for all to note. The programme is available online and can be accessed. Senators Power, Bacik and others will be aware of the hate campaign on Twitter at present.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)

Jim Walsh: I am looking for a debate on it but I also want to condemn the hate mail going to an organisation that has recently suffered a very tragic event as the result of the death of one of its senior members of staff. Members of this House sympathise with those in the organisation on their loss. The organisation is now getting e-mails telling people in the organisation to kill themselves. I ask...