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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: Gaeilge, má's é do thoil é.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: I also pay tribute to the Leas-Chathaoirleach for the civilised and courteous way in which he has dealt with matters while occupying the Chair. I have already paid fulsome tribute to my other colleagues, including Senator Henry, and I do not propose to continue on that line because people might think I was fishing in her newly released shoal of votes. It is something I would never dream of...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: He helped to launch the war and is a proven liar.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: What about the county councils? The university Senators have votes too. I have 5,000 or 6,000 votes.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: We established a chair in the University of Liverpool.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: There is a nice seat for the Senator over here.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: I have considered it considerably.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: Yes.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Jody Corcoran?

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Is that a new appointment? Is that another of the Taoiseach's nominees? Splendid; fill the place with reporters, Eoghan Harris, Jody Corcoran——

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Let us have the lot, Vincent Browne, Miriam Lord——

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: I wish to add my voice to those that have congratulated the Cathaoirleach on his election to this distinguished post. I can think of nobody better equipped to fill the role. I met Senator Moylan in the car park when I had just learnt that he would be Cathaoirleach and said privately, as I am happy to say here, that he is an outstanding choice. As Government Whip of the Fianna Fáil group...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Senator Cassidy, the restored Leader of the House, referred to the media in trenchant terms. We do not need to be frightened. There are many new Senators here, including Senator Eoghan Harris who, having got it so spectacularly wrong on the war in Iraq, may find that in his reportage from the battlefront here in Seanad Éireann he is able to give the people who read the largest selling...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Does the Senator mean he was elected to the Dáil? There is not one Member on the Government side of the House who received more than approximately 100 real votes. To persuade the people of the fiction that they are genuinely elected, their votes must be multiplied by a factor of 1,000 so that a gullible public will consume the figures.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: Let us hear it for the Prince of Wales.