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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: .... We need to keep those links alive in order that people return. They will bring expertise and have a valuable input in the development of Ireland. My final point was touched on by Deputy Eric Byrne and the Minister of State. There are people who are not successful when they go abroad and they may fall through the cracks. In Britain in particular, there are people who emigrated many...

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: EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2013)

Jim Walsh: ...on Russia's energy supplies. With regard to visas and human rights, was the case of Sergei Magnitsky raised by the EU side? If so, what was the outcome? I agree with everything said by Deputy Eric Byrne on Bosnia-Herzegovina. EU enlargement will lead to circumstances where Bosnia will become more isolated than it has been. While I can see the political difficulties that arise, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Jim Walsh: Yes, please. I thank Deputy Eric Byrne and Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan for their conscientious work in trying to draft something which would be achievable and practical, as Deputy Byrne said. I acknowledge they have done a reasonably good job. I was not wedded to my original motion, even though I would have liked to see it being passed. I will concentrate on the new motion that has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Jim Walsh: ...something. I would rather do this by means of consensus. If the committee wants to pursue Deputy Durkan's proposal, which I regard as fairly anaemic, I will call a vote on it because, as Deputy Eric Byrne suggested, it would be a betrayal of our responsibility as members of this committee to uphold human rights values.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2013)

Jim Walsh: .... I amended the motion in accordance with the wishes of some people to include the point made by Deputy Crowe, that was to make it applicable to all human rights violators. Perhaps it was Deputy Eric Byrne who made the request.