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Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: He was very good.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: That would be splendid, since the figures will be issued. We must push this issue.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: The Senator has paid for that sort of response before.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: The Independent Members are not a party.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Well said, Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Senator Leyden gets a pension although he is still active in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I deplore the return to the neurotic obsession of certain sections of Fianna Fáil with RTE. In the old days it was said it was full of communists and stickies and now it is said they are all capitalists. We would be foolish to undermine our national broadcaster.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: It is perfectly reasonable from time to time for there to be criticism of it, but we should not destroy public service broadcasting here, as has happened in other countries. We need only look next door to Britain and the way the Government there tried to undermine the BBC. We should not let that happen here. We get a very good service from the national broadcaster. When we want to highlight...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: No, but the Senator practically has. He is on it every bloody night. I do not know what he is squawking about, he is just looking for another headline. A meeting of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges is scheduled. Will the Deputy Leader confirm that the question I have repeatedly raised — and in respect of which I would say that there is support across this House, although for...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: It is the most vital element of our business, the one that is covered by the media and the one in which people are most interested. Why do we not go with the flow, as they say, and accept the reality, instead of impotently trying to curtail it? We say that a half an hour is allocated for it but I suggest the time allocated should be extended to 45 minutes or an hour. Every sitting day the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Let us be realistic and honest about this. Can the Leas-Chathaoirleach give me a guarantee that this matter will be on the——

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: We do not have a leader. We appear to have a new leader in Senator Coonan; that is one up for us. Can we have an extra chair?

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: My representative will raise it. It is a matter that would add to the strength and visibility of the business of the House. With regard to road safety, I agree with Senator Ryan. We should have a review of it but it is unnecessary to have a debate on the issue four times a year because the Joint Committee on Transport can examine the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Yes, I am speaking about the debate that has been called for by Senator Ryan. I support it but it is unnecessary to debate the issue four times a year.I have just come from the Joint Committee on Transport which was dealing with the issue of safety. Mr. Shaw appeared before it. There are serious issues that need to be addressed in this area that are not always addressed on the Order of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: ——on their way home from a nightclub.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I am supporting Senator Ryan's request for one. I had intended to seek a debate on Iraq but at the moment this is not a good idea because we have a muddied situation that needs to be explored. I cannot say that I extend sympathy to Mr. Carroll, for whom I have high respect as I do for his father, because one hopes and believes that because he appears to have been taken by the militia of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: We do not have a leader as I tried to explain. The Senator is very welcome.