Results 21-34 of 34 for 5 million speaker:David Norris

Seanad: Rights of Migrant Workers: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

David Norris: ...abroad recently, I listened to the BBC World Service. It did not make me feel proud when I heard the case of Ms Salvacion Orge, the Filipina hired to work as beautician on Irish Ferries and paid 75 cent an hour. When she had the temerity to do an interview with RTE television, she was sacked. How is that for freedom of speech? Are we proud of this? Thank God for the trade unions and her...

Seanad: Cluster Munitions: Motion (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: ...its early introduction in the Oireachtas; and urges the Government — (4) to support research, publication and awareness raising initiatives on this subject nationally and internationally; (5) to ensure that the draft legislation provides not just for the prohibition of use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions but also to make provision for assistance to victims of...

Seanad: Budget 2021: Statements (14 Oct 2020)

David Norris: ...improved to boost employment opportunities. Turning to the international context, I have been contacted by Concern, which is another extraordinarily valuable organisation. Prior to Covid-19, a record 168 million people required humanitarian assistance. That is a hell of a lot of people and we are a rich country. Now, thanks to Covid-19, that number has rocketed to 421 million. This is...

Seanad: Hunger Task Force Report: Statements (7 Oct 2008)

David Norris: ...of the famine. One of the striking images in Dublin is the famine memorial near the Custom House. In my own family, even though there were fairly substantial people on my mother's side — in 1845 they had very considerable land holdings in County Laois — after the famine they were reduced to a few hundred acres. An entire generation was wiped out because they refused to take rents...

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: ...a large number of energy inefficient houses on to the market. This is to the detriment of the customers and our obligations. We have mentioned the Kyoto Protocol. We have already had to buy €185 million of carbon credits. If this matter is not properly addressed, it is estimated we could pay up to €5 billion in a few years' time. That is a big bill for the taxpayer. The general...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

David Norris: ...is clear, if one analyses the texture of the language used. While I have supported many unpopular decisions and would be prepared to support others, I cannot and will not support the extraction of 5% of salary from those earning under €30,000. This measure is wrong. The issue can be addressed in other ways, for example, as Senators Harris and Walsh noted, by taking on those at the top...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2008)

David Norris: ...all over the world. In a recent horrifying case in India a doctor was caught who had been involved in 800 such cases. The trafficking of persons generates £8 billion annually. Somewhere between 500,000 and 5 million people are involved. The Minister of State cites 800,000 but no one knows the actual figure. One of the most significant elements of the Bill is the provision of...

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Second Stage (28 Jan 2010)

David Norris: ...of the environmental disaster caused by Shell Oil among others, the political involvement with unsavoury regimes and its clear implication in the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa. It has been forced to pay millions of dollars in reparations by a court in the US on foot of those matters. As such, I will first say that we should be careful in dealing with Shell Oil, given its nasty record and the...

Seanad: National Screening Advisory Committee Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Sep 2020)

David Norris: ...servants on this Bill and I see Ms Flaherty is in attendance to advise the Minister. That is also very much appreciated. This Bill will have the effect, if implemented, of saving the lives of 50 infants per year. I cannot imagine that any one of my colleagues will wish to vote against a proposal that would save 50 lives per year. As I may get the opportunity to say later on, this is...

Seanad: Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed). (9 Mar 2010)

David Norris: ...Brazil itself, and it was positive in this regard. I do not see where there could be any objection. Germany and France import Brazilian ethanol, but not for fuel use. In 2009 Germany imported 4 million litres of undenatured ethanol from Brazil. The statement that suggested there might be a price hike at the petrol pump that would be unwelcome to Irish consumers could also be held to...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (14 Dec 2010)

David Norris: ...to people of working age ... Section 4 together with Schedules 2 and 3 to the Bill provide for the reduction in the weekly rates of social assistance payable to people of working age ... Section 5 provides for reductions of €10 each in the monthly rates of child benefit for the first and second child and the fourth and subsequent children. I see there has been some kind of amendment...

Seanad: Adult Education: Motion (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: ...impartial view - I am not quoting partisan groups like Fine Gael, the Labour Party or Fianna Fáil - €4 billion is required to upgrade building space and to provide facilities for an additional 55,000 students over the next decade. We have a reasonably good education system but it is under-resourced. How will it cope with the vast increase in student numbers? In January of this year,...

Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)

David Norris: ...note of it. We would like the Government and my other colleagues here today to put down amendments to make it a good Bill. We will not try to rush it through.The debate has been allocated one hour and 45 minutes and the Bill will be left in suspended animation on the Order Paper in order that it can be continued because we believe in co-operation. This issue is a disaster facing this...

Seanad: Privacy and Defamation: Statements. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: ...It manufactured completely false stories about Elton John and published them with the result that its circulation increased. That probably allowed it to cover the cost of the libel case and the £1 million sterling fine imposed. I am not xenophobic. While my father was English and I could hardly be described as being anti-British or anti-English, there is no doubt that this country now has...