Results 3,841-3,860 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: Through the Chair, please.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: Now is his chance.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: Not any longer than that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: Is going down the drain.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: She was wonderful.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: He would if he could.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: We are full-time public representatives.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: It is a pleasure to have the Minister in the House because he is as always intellectually vigorous and robust although he may be a trifle partisan. It was lovely to hear him making minced meat out of the principal Opposition party but he did it in a selective wayââ
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: I am speaking directly to the recommendation. I am conscious of the strict discipline, the Cathaoirleach's firm lash, under which I operate. As Senator O'Toole said, it was not just the principal Opposition party which created the confusion. Mr. McDowell added to this and the Minister's party is not entirely guiltless in this respect. In his Budget Statement the Minister stated, "In the...
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: But this is what the Minister is now proposing.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: The Minister is tinkering with the stamp duty.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: Exactly. I am amazed the Minister can make those comments without blushing because his used to be the party which talked about representing the plain people of Ireland.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: We are talking about the plain people of Ireland. I represent them too and perhaps more effectively than the Minister does now because he gave every appearance of giving a commitment that stamp duty would not be removed because it would go into the pockets of the seller. We are not talking about my understanding of it or the Minister's but about the understanding of the people his party...
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: If it is not necessary, I will simply add whatever little moral and intellectual value I have on this issue. I have a sheaf of letters from people who wrote to me stating that they bought on the understanding that they would not benefit by waiting. There is a moral obligation on the Government to backdate this measure to the time of that commitment. The Minister can engage in whatever...
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: According to the commentators, he certainly undermined the Minister's position very clearly.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: Let us put all that aside and just say the people of Ireland believed they had a commitment. There can be as much wriggle as the Minister likes. I know the Minister's constituency well because my roots are basically in the same bog and I know what people are saying down there. People who were unlucky enough to have bought houses are now faced with this. I am glad the Minister has made...
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: If the Minister is pointing his finger at me, I did not say that.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
David Norris: Not by me.