Results 1-12 of 12 for lottery speaker:Jim Walsh
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Jim Walsh: ...deals specifically with the transfer of shares. As we all know, one does not have to transfer shares to transfer business. The business could be transferred. In this regard my colleague, Senator Byrne, referred to the lottery, in respect of which a licence to operate or a lease for a period could be given. In this instance, however, one could go further. There could be a transfer of...
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: I commend Senators O'Donnell and Mary Ann O'Brien on tabling this motion. They made much sense in what they said about the national lottery. The debate can be divided into two categories - the public service ethos and the business ethos. I am not criticising the Minister for it because he comes from a public service background and is advised by people in the public service, but his speech...
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
Jim Walsh: ...instance. In the first year of the lotto, sales came to â¬170 million. In 2011, sales came to â¬760 million, a four and a half fold increase. At the end of the new proposed licence in 20 years, lottery sales could be somewhere north of â¬3 billion per year. Can one imagine the percentage that will be accrued in profit? I predict that in the last two years it will recover the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)
Jim Walsh: ...House should debate the complete repeal of the relevant legislation. We must find a mechanism for inquiring into issues of public importance to replace the tribunal system, which operates as a lottery for people in the Law Library. What has happened is a great shame. An announcement was made today that roads throughout the State will be tolled as part of the continuing persecution of...
- Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Jim Walsh: ...they are significantly less as otherwise the creditors would work through the situation with the person involved. Therefore, I cannot envisage any circumstances - unless the person has won the lottery during the three years - in which he or she would be in a position to meet the costs involved in the bankruptcy, which can be quite high. Many creditors in most receiverships and...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2007)
Jim Walsh: ...and were offered a lodgement of â¬50,000, I would much rather get â¬20,000 or â¬10,000 and an apology. Many people are in that position. This section puts people in the position of being in a lottery. Do they pursue the case and seek what they came for, namely, an apology and a correction, or must they accept money, which was a very secondary consideration in taking the case? We are...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2007)
Jim Walsh: ...easy to say it is his or her choice and that he or she can continue the case but one has to take account of an individual whose financial resources may be limited. When one goes to court it is a lottery. Even if one has been advised one has a strong case, no doubt the other side will have been advised in a similar way. Ultimately, the advisers will be the winners in the case. It is not...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2007)
Jim Walsh: ...publication itself because I would be exposed to three different costs if the case were unsuccessful. The Minister will agree that even if one has a cast-iron case going to court, it tends to be a lottery to some extent. One might confine the action to the person whom one regards as the defendant. That would allow an unfair situation to develop where the defendant need not put forward...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Second Stage (6 Dec 2006)
Jim Walsh: ...and the legal costs are a significant barrier to people being able to re-establish their good name where it has been taken from them. Many people would concede that going to court is something of a lottery. Even lawyers will say, "If you want justice, don't go to court". What one gets in court is the clinical interpretation of the law. In that regard, I welcome the proposal for a press...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Second Stage (6 Dec 2006)
Jim Walsh: ...court lodgement, where will they stand? My view is that if the court lodgement does not include a published apology it should be disregarded by the court. In some cases, court lodgements can be a lottery because one does not know what the level of damages will be. We have seen examples where damages have been way ahead of what anyone might have guessed. In other situations, however,...
- Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2006)
Jim Walsh: The Minister has set out the reasons the State must be in a position to build prisons without having to enter the lottery that is the planning process. This provision is a major step in introducing checks and balances not in place heretofore. I am dubious on the difference between an environmental impact assessment or statement. From my experience, a statement's contents often depend on...
- Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jun 2004)
Jim Walsh: ...achieve a better outcome than if the case was heard by a different judge. Insurance companies also try to have cases heard by judges who will favour them. Such behaviour introduces an element of lottery into the system which, in my view, should not be present. The downside of this behaviour is that exorbitant insurance costs have arisen for small businesses and industries. As a result of...