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- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: It did not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: Why did we abolish the groceries order?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: I have no opposition to the amendment as long as time is provided next week to continue our discussion on the Bill, which it is important to do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: We do.
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: I support the amendments. I do not have any doubts about the integrity of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland. A question of principle needs to be considered in this context. There was a time when the Government agreed with Senator Bannon and I that independence was an essential aspect of the role of bodies such as the Garda Ombudsman Commission. However, it seems to be wavering....
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: A pleasant and nice gentleman told me that he had been pursuing a grievance for 22 years. I told him that while that may very well have been the case, it took him until 5 p.m. yesterday to send his submission to me. The problem was that I had made my Second Stage speech a couple of weeks earlier. I acknowledge that some very responsible briefing work has been done by professional groups...
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: May I make a correction? It is a grammatical one. "Fulsome" does not mean what the Minister thinks it means; it means revoltingly oily and over-indulgence. People often say fulsome but it is an inappropriate use of the word.
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: Or perhaps they were oily.
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: I would not wish it to be thought that all those who briefed me on this question of independence did so at the very last minute, because that would not be the truth. I was making the point that a number of them just dumped in the information at the very last minute, as is their right. The material they supplied was for use on Second Stage and not on Committee Stage. However, this does not...
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: The Senator indeed spoke very well. I believe we will be able to arrange a system of recognition for them or at least an explanation that will satisfy them. On a practical note, I respect the fact that the Minister has pushed this matter which is very important and has not been addressed for many years, but I do not believe that amendments will be accepted. It would come as a considerable...
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: He is a constituent. The Senator's constituency is the county councils, including that of County Louth.
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: He is in the Senator's constituency.
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: Senator Leyden might get an amendment because apparentlyââ
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: It seems I may have to. Will somebody point to a convenient window? Would the Minister accept it if I jumped through a ground floor window?
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: I have a little hesitation about this. Amendment No. 5 is so broad that it could cover people such as Mr. Grant who operated in Gardiner Street, Dublin, and behaved in the most disgraceful fashion. I would not like to see that. Perhaps licence will not be given to people who posed as architects in the past because a qualifications system and an assessment board will be in place. Giving a...
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: It would not. It would make me feel very well.
- Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: It is honourable of Senator Maurice Hayes to declare his interest in this area. This is a good and appropriate amendment and it is in the interests of the ordinary Joe Soap whose case I have been trying to make here. This amendment is important. If one is libelled or defamed on the front page of a newspaper by the publication of an unpleasant article, an apology for that should be given...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: I thought so too. That is why I reprimanded him over it but the net effect of it was that he denied it and said he called him a goblin. I have the evidence of what he said. That is the type of behaviour of which I do not approve. When one seeks an apology and it is not given one then has to sue and that is a fairly dicey game. The individual who takes on a newspaper must have a great...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)
David Norris: A Trojan horse for the Indo.