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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: On a point of order this is not in order.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: Speakers should be called from alternate sides of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: Some Members of the House should listen to the debates that take place in this House. Like other Senators, I am encountering people who are in distress because they are unemployed. They are trying to provide for their families in difficult circumstances. Many of them are over-leveraged and unable to meet the repayments on their personal debts. The least we owe them is to listen to each...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: We should support the Government's efforts as long as that is the route being taken. There is a suspicion that the Taoiseach might have made a mistake at his first Council meeting last year by conceding a particular item. I do not know if that is the case. I ask the leaders of the groups in this House to come together to draw up a composite motion, along the lines I am suggesting. I hope...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: I am asking for that to happen. I support the call that has been made by others for a debate on the Mahon tribunal. I will make no comment on it, because I have not read it, other than to say that the Leas-Chathaoirleach and a small number of other people were in this Chamber when we set it up in September 1997 by asking a body of highly-paid professional people - we understood they were...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: -----the exorbitant fees demanded by those who participated in these tribunals, and pursued by some of those who chaired them, were nothing short of scandalous.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: We should be prepared to say they were a disgrace.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on public service broadcasting and incorporating the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Those who read the findings of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with regard to the presidential election campaign programme on RTE will welcome part of the report. The findings were as minimalist as they could have been. However, I find illogical the conclusion...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: Killing people is more serious.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: At approximately this time last year when the Taoiseach was elected and the Government formed, the programme for Government included a commitment to tackle wasteful expenditure across the public service. I have seen nothing in that regard and I ask that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, who has responsibility in this area, should attend the House to debate the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: Could we have tomorrow morning's Order of Business in Irish?

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: The case for what we are trying to achieve has been well made by Senators Mary Ann O'Brien and Feargal Quinn. As has been said, we are seeking to provide that agency workers would be entitled to the same conditions and terms of employment as a person directly recruited by a company today. I recall what the Minister had to say about teachers when in the House for the debate on Second Stage....

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: What about the comparable worker?

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: I do not want to interrupt the Minister of State-----

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: To clarify-----

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: There could be a company with somebody on a 2007 rate of pay.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: They may not have had anybody recruited on that rate since 2007. What would the issue be?

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: I am seeking clarification of what the position will be.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and the clarification he has provided. I appreciate his honest answer which I accept, that he does not know what the likely job losses will be and that there is no evidence in Britain of job losses. Was any evaluation carried out or research undertaken by the Department or the Minister on the possible implications of enacting the legislation? My...

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Jim Walsh: Did it only involve IBEC?