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Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

David Norris: Will the Leader send the report to the Minister and to the US ambassador?

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: Extend the time.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: Senator Callanan reminds me of a flat tyre.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I support my colleague, Senator O'Toole, in his call for a debate on Irish Ferries. Virtually everybody agrees that the buccaneering attitude of Irish Ferries towards its employees and the thuggish way it introduced people to its ships, effectively smuggling security officers onboard, is just not tolerable. The President of Cyprus attended today's meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I ask for a debate and ask the Leader to establish a cross-party committee, as they have in the British House of Commons because of concerns that their people are implicated in this filth. That aeroplane is a pariah and should not be permitted in Irish airspace. I support Senator O'Toole and am grateful to him for raising the subject of gay priests and the Vatican. It must be viewed in the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I support the call for a debate because it affects the lives and survival of people in this country. I ask the Leader to seek a re-examination and possible amendments to equality legislation to prevent a church that has behaved so viciously toward gay people from outlawing decent people, putting them out of their jobs and, sometimes, their homes simply because they support a gay lifestyle....

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: ——where the Pope is described as using Italian fashion, handmade wristwatches and a very attractive male secretary. Does that mean the Pope supports a gay lifestyle? Perhaps he will comment on it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: It is true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: The church is above the law. It does not have to obey equality legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: That does not alter the truth and the facts.

Seanad: Request to Move Adjournment of Seanad under Standing Order 29. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I request that the House be adjourned under Standing Order 29 to debate the need for the Government to take immediate steps to resolve the dangerous and confrontational situation between Irish Ferries and its shipboard employees as it is a matter of urgent national importance. We have witnessed the entrance of hired thugs on to the ship in question and the maintenance of a vigil by the crew...

Seanad: Request to Move Adjournment of Seanad under Standing Order 29. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for his ruling but it makes a farce of the business of the House and the Standing Orders. It is ludicrous that a matter can be considered a national emergency in the other House but not in this House. The idea that careful consideration is being given to the matter is nonsense. A similar situation arose previously when I raised a matter and was informed that it...

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I wish to share my time with Senator Quinn.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I welcome this debate, but I am sorry it is so adversarial. We make a mistake by taking the attitude regularly that we will have one party praising the Minister and the other attacking him for failure. This carping style does not go down well with the public, particularly when dealing with a subject as serious as road safety. The debate has not been confrontational, but the terms are, which...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I ask for a debate before Christmas on the issue of homelessness, particularly in our cities. We have many debates on child care, which is essentially a middle-class issue——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: Yes, it is. We are left here——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: Yes, it is.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I happen to think it is. One reads newspaper articles about people with two children, a house and cars who want the taxpayer to pick up the bill so they can have a third child——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I am just making that point.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: When we consider this issue, we should consider people who are more vulnerable——