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- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
David Norris: But they were regarded in America and so described as a branch of the whiteboys, and they were so described this morning in an advertisement on RTE.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
David Norris: We had better hurry up this debate. I want to mention two other matters.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
David Norris: I believe I have a minute remaining. I will only take half of it. The General Post Office Dublin Act, establishing that wonderful building in O'Connell Street designed by Francis Johnston, is being retained as is the Dublin Science and Art Museum Act 1884. We should be grateful to the RDS because they took over this building from the Duke of Leinster and preserved it. They had their...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: And votes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: Do not tar us all with the same brush.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: It would be appropriate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: Absolutely, and very good they are too.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: He was not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: I second Senator Ross's amendment. I point out to Senator O'Toole that there is indeed a nursing degree in Trinity College and an extremely good degree it is too. We should not apologise for that, it is yet another contribution the University of Dublin makes to the life of this country. We, however, do not always make a good contribution to the debate on health. The Government side...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: The HSE staff said this article demoralises people in the hospital and the person from Fine Gael accepted the answer to that question. If the Senator had been there, he could have asked a supplementary question about it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: We should have a proper debate on health where we stop point scoring.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: We would be well served to have the Minister in the House but not for this type of cheap point scoring. I deplore it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: I also agree with my colleagues on this side of the House about the appointment to the Rail Procurement Agency. We have not been well served in this instance. In appointing a national procurer, we should be entitled to a broader consideration of the available talent. Why go for the obvious financial bozos who seem to be slick in this area rather than somebody like Mr. Cormac Rabbitte, who...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: I applaud them but that is not the issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: I am very glad to evoke silent life from a political corpse.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: They are destroying the rainforest to do that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)
David Norris: I ask for a debate on the Middle East, specifically the deteriorating situation in Iraq. Yesterday, 85 people were tragically killed as they tried to buy foodstuffs in a market. Queues of unemployed men are being bombed in a sectarian civil war. Mr. Nuri al-Maliki was practically blown up by the reverberations from a bomb while appealing for peace at a press conference. It is a disaster....
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)
David Norris: I am seeking a debate on the whole situation. In that debate I will point out that this stunt was tried by the discredited President George W. Bush when he went for the Dixie Chicks, but they got five Grammys.