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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I wish to share time with Senator Henry.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Senator Cox has done an honour to this House by her courageous and clear speech. It is not easy to offer a direct and open critique of Government policy from the Government benches but this is what Seanad Éireann is all about. In her quite outstanding speech, Senator Cox clearly illustrated what the Seanad is for, namely, non-partisan debate. While some of what I will say later may appear...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I beg your pardon. I contributed on——-

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Regeneration areas.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I am grateful to the Cathaoirleach for the five-minute sos because it allowed me to pick up the statement on affordable homes. I understand why the head of the Affordable Homes Partnership would object to the suggestion about brown envelopes. I do not know who made the suggestion but it certainly was not me. However, the head has missed the point because we were talking about the fact that...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I would not dream of doing so.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: We debated the matter last night but there was a related point I could not raise because it concerned the Department of Health and Children. Could we have a debate on health? Could the Leader raise with the Minister for Health and Children the fact that the Government now proposes to take most of the disability allowance from those with a mental disability who are staying in residential...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Nobody asked.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: You are saving the party, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I move: That Seanad Éireann calls on the Government to develop and implement an ethical foreign policy. I find it interesting that the Government has amended this motion in a manner that goes right to the nub of the issue. It is clear that in bypassing any mention of ethics, the Government acknowledges its guilt in this area and it is notable that there is no Minister from the Department of...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I will use their titles but all the other language I have used when referring to them stands. Through all of this, the corruption of language is a significant and telling factor. In a revealing moment the Lady Macbeth of the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice, described the horrendous bloodbath that followed the Israeli assault upon Lebanon as "the birth pangs of a new democracy". As I...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: He is not.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: The Minister never answered any of them.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: The Minister never answered one of them.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: The gardaí told the Minister a different story from what he said so one party was not telling the truth.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Nobody ever alleged that people were taken through in shackles but the Minister assisted them by allowing the refuelling of named planes.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Yes I have and the Minister knows it perfectly well.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

David Norris: He should not be so provocative.