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Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Feb 2003)

David Norris: We should debate the issue, particularly in terms of the involvement of the Church of Scientology.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Feb 2003)

David Norris: Unfortunately not among the most deprived sections of society. This is absolutely true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Feb 2003)

David Norris: The Leader should ask her colleagues, the Progressive Democrats, what it takes to upset him.

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

David Norris: Where did he get it?

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

David Norris: And after that Rumsfeld hugged him.

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

David Norris: God forbid.

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

David Norris: They were not involved in abortion. It was a scandalous abrogation of his moral responsibilities.

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Kitt. I am glad that he is here because he is a decent man with firm liberal principles. It is dangerous to use the word "liberal" in the United States of America at present. It was not with surprise but with cynicism that I discovered that a motion I tabled last week under Standing Order 29 was not regarded as an urgent matter by the Seanad. Such...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

David Norris: I will oppose it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

David Norris: A moving Minister is better than a moving statue.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

David Norris: Will the Leader give the House some reassurance that we will consider amending the equality legislation in light of the information that has emerged today about the exploitation of people, particularly from the Philippines? A woman was interviewed earlier and the position she outlined was appalling. It emerges that when the legislation went through the two Houses, we excluded from its...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

David Norris: I would not dream of it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

David Norris: However, I would like to put it on record. I wish to comment on something said by Senator McCarthy, with whom I normally agree. He complained that a senior civil servant in the Department of the Environment and Local Government had to undergo the same process as everyone else. Of course he did.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

David Norris: I congratulate Senator White on having been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs—

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

David Norris: —and express my condolences to Deputy Cowen—

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

David Norris: —on having been demoted to being her Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

David Norris: The Senators are like two prima donnas.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

David Norris: I am wounded.