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Seanad: Citizenship Applications. (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He may not be directly familiar with this appalling case which I raised in the previous session. It constitutes a grave injustice and a violation of the principle of freedom of association, among other freedoms, and the right to a good name. It concerns a young man who is directly and personally known to me. He is a man of good standing and is...

Seanad: Citizenship Applications. (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: They refused that too.

Seanad: Citizenship Applications. (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: It is customary to thank Ministers and ask them some questions at this point. I know the Minister of State, whom I congratulate on his appointment, is a decent man. His response was a disgraceful load of old blather. He might as well have read the telephone directory into the record. There was absolutely nothing in it other than a rehash of rubbish about technical ways of doing this, that...

Seanad: Citizenship Applications. (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: That dozens of copies of the Minister of State's response are floating around this Chamber — I do not blame the staff of the House for that — is an indication of the nonsense that is being spoken about security. The man in question is supposed to be a security risk — what rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I do not wish to interrupt the Order of Business by moving a vote of condolence, but it would be appropriate for us to recognise the death of Tony Ryan.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I say this as somebody who does not particularly admire Ryanair, but Mr. Ryan was a very remarkable businessman. In addition, he rescued one of the most magnificent 18th century houses in this country and did it with attention to detail, loving care, and professionalism. He started on the road as an entrepreneur in very difficult times — in the 1970s — and built up an international...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: They did not. They do not know what a vote is.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: Reform.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: Well said, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: We have no leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I have no leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I signalled this yesterday and we have plenty of time. Regarding watching with bated breath, which is a wonderful mixed metaphor, all the university Senators have contributed to every debate on this.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

David Norris: All I am suggesting is that we adopt the proposals. I am pushing the matter to a vote.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

David Norris: By rocket.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I support my colleague, Senator Bacik, in her call for a debate on abortion. This is a complex and difficult issue and people on both sides have strongly held views. I raised the matter towards the end of the last Seanad in the light of a very dignified letter written by a woman who was not an extreme person. She was not even particularly liberal, as far as I know, but she wrote as an...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

David Norris: The Senator is deluding himself.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I am grateful to my colleagues for allowing me some time to speak on this issue. This was a ruthless executive decision taken in a business context. From the parameters of one perspective, this was a correct decision because the guidelines were entirely economic and directors might have been found to have been neglectful of their responsibilities were they to fail to make the greatest...

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

David Norris: This was a ready-up because it fitted in with the Government's North-South co-operation policy. Hence, this was a political decision. One should contrast the attitude adopted by the Government on this issue, in which it shafted the people of Shannon and Aer Lingus, to its manoeuvrings when Members were in the process of establishing a committee to investigate the rendition flights that...