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- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I second the amendment because it seems that a two-tier system has been established which goes back to the old paternalistic days. For example, in Trinity College, if one's father was a doctor one got into the medical school and so on. It is jingoism, which is wrong. There should be a level playing field and the ordinary citizen should be treated exactly the same. Therefore, I strongly...
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I am concerned that these provisions will affect a clear weakening of legal privilege. It is a valued principle in law that the documents and other information exchanged between a lawyer and his or her client are privileged. That privilege is being diluted under this provision. I am not at all sure, moreover, that what is set out here is watertight. Once the information gets out, it is...
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: The provision still allows the disclosure of information which a client may not want to be disclosed.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I second the amendment and seek clarification on a matter. The amendment refers to page 25, lines 35 and 36, of the Bill. I do not see the phrase referred to.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: Perhaps I might explain that I was provided with a previous version of the Bill.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: The Minister is, sadly, shaking her head.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: It is very difficult to follow what is happening when there are so many amendments which skip all over the place. I am sure the Cathaoirleach will be indulgent while we find the correct places in the Bill. One has to correlate the amendments and the pages referred to in the Bill all the time. When there are about ten amendments being discussed together, it becomes more difficult.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: What number was it?
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I second the amendment. This is a necessary reform. It is common practice in the United States where there is no division between barristers and solicitors. I understand this formed a crucial part of the original Bill introduced by the former Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter. The Minister can correct me if I am wrong, but I am pretty sure I am right. Certainly I have heard Deputy Alan...
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I second the amendment. It seems four years is an inordinately long time.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: The Independent benches actually.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I second the amendment. The process of conveyancing, as I understand it, deals with legal aspects of the transfer of property from the vendor to the purchaser. It does lead to excessive costs. I know of situations, for example, in which a house has been sold and resold and they go through the whole rigmarole of going back to 1787. That happened in my case many years ago. The house was...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
David Norris: According to the INMO the number is down by 200.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
David Norris: For most of the Order of Business up to now there were 12 Members or fewer in the House. I welcome that we are going to review the situation because it looks very bad for the public to see an almost empty Chamber.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
David Norris: It does not matter when debates are going on as that is defensible because people could be watching from elsewhere and preparing to come in. Only those people who are queuing up to speak are really needed in the Chamber. However, to have the Order of Business attended by one sixth of the membership is very bad. The Privacy Bill, which I was delighted to see as item No. 3 last week, has...
- Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I congratulate Senator Barrett on getting this amendment included. It is very important that the role of the Seanad is recognised and it is a good day's work that Seanad Éireann is so recognised.
- Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I second the amendment. "A verbal agreement is not worth the paper it is written on" is a quote attributed to Samuel Goldwyn. Anybody can say that they gave advice. I am sure that these financial people did give advice, I do not doubt their word, but when there is no written record it is very difficult to follow that. When one speaks of publication, again, one cannot publish a verbal...
- Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)
David Norris: It becomes hearsay evidence which would not be allowed in court.
- Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I support Senator Barrett on this and would point out that-----