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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

David Norris: I am asking a question. On the wireless this morning, Mr. Bruton mentioned combatants taken in battle in reference to the inmates of the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp. Will the Leader contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and ask our representative, Mr. Bruton, to explain to the people in which battle a taxi driver was taken off a street in Afghanistan? He should let us know what...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Senator Ryan is fully correct in respect of what may be termed asymmetrical diplomacy in the Middle East. Yesterday, three children were massacred, but we have done nothing. We have never operated the external association agreement, including its human rights protocols, in its entirety. I welcome that the Government, through the Minister for Education and Science, has indicated there will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Why are they not watching Senator Leyden?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Yes, of course it is.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Let us have it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Is he the one who did not know how long the underground was, how much it cost or how much tax was paid on it?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

David Norris: I also heard the Tánaiste on the radio at lunchtime. I was surprised by what she stated because if it were true — and it was challenged in this House — that we spend as much as those countries which received the best results, it seems to highlight an inadequacy as we do not get the same results. Reference was made to the national treatment purchase scheme, which is a clear indication the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Of more concern, which might even concern those such as my friend from Clare when he disentangles himself from his county councillors, is the Secretary General's suggestion——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

David Norris: This is on the Order of Business. The Secretary General implied the Department is routinely ambushed by the courts right up to the point of deportation. The use of the word "ambush" is very interesting and significant. What are the courts for if not to uphold the rights of persons in this country, including citizens? For the Secretary General of the Department responsible for justice to talk...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

David Norris: She is being naughty.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Where did they get it done?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Perhaps it is because the Leader has a doctorate, apparently she is not the only one in the House who recently got one.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

David Norris: I understand they sometimes go abroad. My point is that as we receive no costings whatever, we do not know whether we are getting good value.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

David Norris: It does not arise until next July.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

David Norris: I support my colleagues in calling for a debate on the Middle East, particularly the situation in Israel-Palestine. In this instance one's heart goes out to the parents of Corporal Gilad Shalit who was kidnapped, one understands their human feelings. There is, however, rarely parallel concern for the human rights of the many children who have been killed by Israeli forces in that area. The...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Extreme left.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Dingly Dangly Douche.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

David Norris: I heard the debate on stem cell research on RTE this morning and it seemed that the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin, was giving a kind of post-dated cheque and saying that if stem cell research proved effective and to have results, a case might be considered. This is an interesting position. He also referred to the question of ethical subsidiarity, which involves...