Results 301-320 of 4,465 for speaker:Jim Walsh

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Global Irish - Ireland’s Diaspora Policy: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1 Apr 2015)

Jim Walsh: What is really phenomenal is how native people, Asians and others, have engaged with clubs and taken up playing the games. It is extraordinary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Jim Walsh: I will.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the motion, but I also welcome the comments in the Minister's letter and particularly the fact that we have lodged documents with the court. His lawyers include diplomatic documents from us with regard to his release. The Chairman, I and others met Ibrahim with his sisters in Cairo prior to their arrest but during the protests. They struck us as people who were there for a bit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Jim Walsh: Could we agree the motion before suspending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Jim Walsh: I do not disagree with a lot of what has been said by Deputy Durkan and I agree with everything Deputy Eric Byrne said. There is no implicit criticism in this motion of the Minister and I endorse the comments of Senator Daly and Deputy Brendan Smith in this regard. The Minister has shown real competence and I have praised him on his work on Northern Ireland. I fully accept that he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Jim Walsh: I appreciate that we are trying to come to a conclusion when we are all together. That is important. I am still having difficulty understanding the reluctance to accept the motion that has been put. There is no time factor in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Jim Walsh: I am not. I have accepted everything and welcome the Minister's letter. I do not understand the reluctance because the motion does not have a time factor. While I accept there is a judgment call as to whether one does it before or after the court process, I am mindful that the courts have been postponed many times. He has been in prison for almost two years. As has been said, he has no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Jim Walsh: Will members be given copies of the letter to the Taoiseach prior to the next meeting?

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: I begin by supporting Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú in that regard. Given the week that is in it it is appropriate that that issue is raised, and we do not have to wait until the centenary to commemorate those who sacrificed their own lives so that we might have independence and freedom. It is hoped that some day their aspirations will be achieved when, together, the island will...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (31 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, to the House and offer my condolences to him. I have not had the opportunity privately to do so. As he will be aware, I served with his father for many years on the then General Council of County Councils and we were good friends. I sympathise with him on his bereavement. All parties are supporting this amendment of the Constitution. A bit...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (31 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: I am raising this issue in the context of Government priorities. I accept there is support for what is being proposed in these referenda and there may be good reasons for holding them, but the decision to proceed with them at this time is indicative of a Government that has lost its way when it comes to recognising what are the priorities for the Irish people. I realise there is an ideology...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: Will the Leader arrange an early debate on crime levels? We have talked previously about the number of burglaries around the country, but they have a particularly insidious effect on elderly persons, many of whom live alone and are frightened to stay on their own after being burgled or when someone close to them has been burgled. It has a huge effect on the desire for independent living and...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: On a point of order before the Leas-Chathaoirleach rules it out on that basis-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: My point of order is that all Members in this House should be entitled to the same opportunities. I have somebody who is prepared to second the amendment formally, but because I was the last speaker, it is impossible for me to have a seconder.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: I never come to the House willy-nilly.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: I was watching it on the monitor and I timed my arrival so that I could in fact-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: Is the Leas-Chathaoirleach not accepting my amendment?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: Am I entitled to ask why it is ruled out of order?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: I wanted to make a statement on that.