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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: The Leader has not answered the question about when the expert group will report.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: I also support the call for a debate on job creation. I welcome the Leader's response in that regard. Job creation, the correction of our fiscal deficit and a resolution to bank debt are of paramount importance in laying the foundation for the recovery of the economy. My question to the Leader concerns a different matter. I was reliably informed in July that the report of what the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: I could name them but I will refrain from doing so.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: I put it directly to the Minister that when the group was being set up, highly questionable changes were made at the very last minute where two people were added and two removed. I asked the Minister why that was done and he has not given me an answer.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: In fact, he said he knew nothing about it, which absolutely flabbergasts me.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: I did not name them.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: It is well known because their views on abortion are on the record.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: It has made me and others very suspicious about what this group might come up with.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: I named no one. What I have said is absolutely sound.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Crisis in South Kordofan and South Sudan: Discussion (26 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: I will be brief because many of the comments I would make have been made. I pay tribute to the delegates for their presentations and, more significantly, to their colleagues who are working in the field at great personal risk. I think Mr. McQuillan said it was akin to Biafra which was a highly dangerous situation. I am concerned by the indiscriminate nature of what is happening, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine and Israel: Discussion with EAPPI (19 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: Will Mr. O'Brien comment further on whether apostasy is a capital offence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine and Israel: Discussion with EAPPI (19 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: Would it be possible to check the position in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine and Israel: Discussion with EAPPI (19 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: I agree with the Chairman's proposition. I propose, in addition, that we ask the Tánaiste to consider taking steps to institute a national ban on settlement goods in Ireland. That is a matter on which the Government can decide. It would strengthen the Tánaiste’s hand in Europe if he did so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine and Israel: Discussion with EAPPI (19 Sep 2012)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the members of the delegation. We met previously. I compliment them on the work they are doing. It is not without some personal risk and it is valuable work. I feel a sense of frustration because people have raised the issue of the two state solution. I note from the notes we get from the Government that it is concerned that is now at considerable risk because of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Jim Walsh: As I was travelling up on the M9 yesterday, I had an opportunity to listen to the radio. The first thing that came to mind was the beautiful highway which has added significantly to the competitiveness of our economy. It is a tribute to the vision which was invested in road infrastructure, particularly over the last 15, 16 or 17 years. Part of the news bulletin identified the €2.25...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (12 Jul 2012)

Jim Walsh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire chun an ábhar tábhachtach seo - the matter of the constitutional convention - a phlé sa Teach inniu. In my opinion, what happened this morning amounted to a complete disregard for democracy in this House. I refer to the motion we were supposed to discuss in respect of the establishment of the constitutional convention. While I would welcome the establishment...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (12 Jul 2012)

Jim Walsh: I am aware of that fact. However, both the motion and the Bill relate to the same matter and, in that context, we are on Second Stage. If Government Ministers are taking a cavalier approach to and displaying a total disregard for the institutions of the State, then serious questions must be asked with regard to the purpose the constitutional convention is going to serve. Those who are...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (12 Jul 2012)

Jim Walsh: Perhaps that would be the case. As long as it is random in nature, I would not have a difficulty with it reflecting the proportionate arrangements relating to the parties and the groupings in the Houses. As a result of the nature of the process of random selection, the people who will serve on the convention will have varying degrees of expertise with regard to the complex issues they will...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (12 Jul 2012)

Jim Walsh: I do not thing we would get too many answers from the Tánaiste.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (12 Jul 2012)

Jim Walsh: Who picks the Chair?