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Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

David Norris: If that is the case, I am all in favour of it.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

David Norris: However, the reports——

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

David Norris: I am delighted by that. However, it does not appear to be the Bill's objective. Perhaps this can be examined.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Have I?

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Not really.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

David Norris: However, the interruptions certainly were most helpful. In fact I would scarcely describe them as interruptions. They were well intentioned additions to my comments from my friends on the Government side of the House, with whom I disagreed only yesterday regarding the Defamation Bill. I am glad that in the spirit of reconciliation and Christmas, all Members are again at one in attempting...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Like the press.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: I agree with Senator White. I thought the headlines were appalling and irresponsible. The Minister has put forward an interesting proposal. A degree of sensitivity is required. It is possible to add to it because there is potential for unfairness. There are different values for houses and it may affect some people more than others. I have worked with Age Action Ireland and have heard it...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: It ended before the time allocated had elapsed.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: On drugs, I share the horror at the death of this young man. It was only a matter of time before there were civilian casualties in this war. It is a very problematic area. This country cannot handle it on its own. It is an international problem. I take the very unpopular but realistic view that we need to legalise, license and control these substances. What is driving the trade...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: The denial of the Holocaust is a catastrophic moral blemish on the people of Iran.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: The people from the West should have gone there to tell the truth. My final point is——

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: An honourable Palestinian delegate from Nazareth wanted to attend and say that the Holocaust had happened. The Iranians, having issued an international invitation, refused to allow him to attend. They should have been shown up by every reputable scholar from the West turning up there to tell the truth.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: It would have collapsed earlier if I had not come from a meeting and spoke on it.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: No, but I looked it up in the Bill to see if Senator Ryan had defined it, which he had not.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Senator Ryan indicated it needed to be defined.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: I am being vexillatious.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: This is an anti-Protestant plot. The Senator did not attend Trinity College.