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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Registration of Deaths (3 Feb 2016)

Jim Walsh: ...áilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach inniu. Go n-éirí go mór leis sa toghchán romhainn. I welcome the Minister. I would like to start by expressing again our sympathy for the Enright and Walsh families on what was a real tragedy, with the loss of a wife, a daughter and a granddaughter, and a very traumatic event for the family. We covered this...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Registration of Deaths (3 Feb 2016)

Jim Walsh: I know from talking with members of the family that they were appreciative of the manner in which the Minister of State approached this sensitive and traumatic situation in which they found themselves. It was a car crash and the mother was obviously driving the car. She was totally in the right and was driving on the correct side of the road when the other car veered across and crashed into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Conference on Financing for Development Briefing: Dóchas (10 Jun 2015)

Jim Walsh: ...? Do they need to be much more focused? Interestingly, last week I was in New York at a meeting in the United Nations on these issues. Sometimes, it is more about promoting an ideology then targeting and dealing with the real issues. Interestingly, population growth often comes up. In Europe, one of the major weaknesses, particularly in Germany and other parts of Europe, is the...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: On the section, this is to do with orders under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act. I take a particularly strong view on the issue of maintenance. Unfortunately, as we debated earlier, it is women who are left literally holding the baby and taking full responsibility for the rearing of the child and for all the costs attached to that and it is time for a greater...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jim Walsh: I find myself in agreement with all of what Senators Power and Mullen have said. I am not sure of best practice on how one accesses the information, but I have come across anecdotally instances where persons did not learn they were adopted until they were well into the teenage years and they felt a little betrayed. When it comes to Santa Claus, we all experience a touch of that where we...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: ...amendment is not being accepted. I appreciate the dilemma raised by him, which we briefly touched on yesterday. In the short time we have had it has been difficult for him to obtain legal advice and examine any unintended consequences that may occur and that we cannot identify at this stage. The case for doing this is compelling. As the Minister of State correctly pointed out, the...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: " "stillborn child" means a child who, at birth, weighs not less than 500 grammes or has a gestational age of not less than 24 weeks and shows no sign of life, and "stillbirth" shall be construed accordingly. These also include an unborn child who dies in the womb of the mother due to death of the mother but...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Walsh: I move amendment No. 2: In page 21, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(3) Where the pregnant mother of an unborn child dies and that death results in the death of the unborn child, the Superintendent Registrar in whose registration area where the death occurred, must register the death of that unborn child.”.”.An addition to that amendment would be that...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)

Jim Walsh: ...on in Geneva yesterday along with Senator Keane, particularly with the UN Human Rights Committee. The committee's bias was challenged, particularly with regard to the abortion situation in Ireland. The committee claimed that abortion was a human right, which flies in the face of the very convention it is charged with upholding. The committee claims that Articles 6 and 7 are the basis...

Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Second Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Jim Walsh: I applaud and support the Minister in his efforts in this regard. In my view, the tobacco industry is evil. People say it is a bad industry but I believe it is an evil industry second only, in my opinion, to the abortion industry in that abortion directly targets the life of the baby while in this instance the lives of people are being directly targeted. Some 50% of people who smoke will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations Human Rights Council: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (6 Nov 2013)

Jim Walsh: I welcome the delegates and thank Mr. Wrafter for his comprehensive report. I welcome co-operation with Hungary in regard to the civil society space. I am pleased to see that link-up, because I see many instances, particularly at EU level, where people criticise that country without having done any research. In fact, Hungary has changed its constitution and done a great deal of good work...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Jim Walsh: I move amendment No. 12: In page 10, to delete lines 4 to 39.This goes to the core of the Bill. The Minister of State pointed out that we are against the substantive issue of section 9, and that is true. We have made no secret of that. However, that does not mean that issues such as foetal pain and trying to confine the procedures that are allowed for abortion should not been have...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Jim Walsh: The amendment is very specific about the ultrasound. I am giving the reason I tabled it and the reason it is specific. This person also mentioned that abortion is a reflection that we have not met the needs of women but many states, particularly in the United States, have brought in a requirement that once a woman has made this irrevocable decision, she must be made aware that she can never...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Jim Walsh: -----to doctors anywhere else. The problem is once the medical profession is corrupted by targeting innocent life and asking professionals to carry out such action, the ethos of medicine is changed. There was a comment from Senator Burke to the effect that at 24 weeks, a baby has a good chance of survival. I do not know what the Senator would describe as "good" as the evidence given at the...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Jim Walsh: The medical procedure is the abortion procedure, which targets the life of the unborn baby. I am referring to two experts in the field, each one coming from a different perspective on the fundamental issue of either being pro-choice or pro-life. I am referring to their conclusion. It challenges all of us but particularly those who are pro-choice, as to where they stand on the spectrum....

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)

Jim Walsh: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 8, after “treatment” to insert the following:“but such medical procedure shall be in accordance with current medical practice in Ireland and circumscribed by regulation”.This amendment arises because of the discussion on Committee Stage with regard to the different types of abortion procedures. The amendment proposes the...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Jim Walsh: .... If the medics are not covered, then it creates a situation where liability occurs. Liability insurance is costly. While the State may pick up the tab for that cover, what we have found in other jurisdictions is clear. Medics are softly pressurised - and hopefully we will get to the conscience stage because it will come up as well - by people who come from a different disposition....

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Jim Walsh: I am glad the Minister took on board the question and that he sought clarification from, presumably, one of the masters of the hospital on that issue. I note that the Minister said "is" - in other words the present tense. I fully accept that in Ireland today any procedure that is done is to treat the mother and the mother's life threatening condition and, therefore, an indirect consequence...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Jim Walsh: I accept the Minister may not have that answer to hand. With due respect, he does not. If he has, I ask him to repeat it, but I certainly did not pick up on it. What he did say was that if they act outside the Act they are unlawful. This deals with a situation where the life is ended. Where a life is not ended but the baby is seriously injured and disabled, what is the position? In...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Jim Walsh: ...Bill does not make lawful any form of termination of pregnancy which does not end an unborn life. One would expect the Minister to be open to some amendment in this area so that it is completely and totally unambiguous and does not give rise to a situation that occurs in many other jurisdictions. People are being selective in picking up some of the points I am making. I am talking about...