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Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: It is more obvious now that the building is illuminated.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: And a very good one too.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Rot.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Did Senator Bradford propose the amendment? It did not sound like it to me. The content of the Senator's speech did not sound like support for the amendment.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: What about the four civilians who were killed in Baghdad last night by American bombs?

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Hear. hear.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I am certainly on the record of this House in that regard.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: This is a very sad day. I also have been in Baghdad but unlike some of the other people in both Houses, I had a blazing, face-to-face confrontation with Tariq Aziz on human rights. When I opposed the beef deals on the basis that they were supplying and feeding the Iraqi army, I was criticised by those on the Fianna Fáil benches. Senator Seán Haughey, then spokesman, said what Senator Mooney...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: The Americans have fomented coups, revolution and disorder in friendly neighbouring democracies. They have sabotaged the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty outlawing the production of chemical and biological weapons, and the protocol establishing the International Criminal Court because they are afraid of being caught out, as well as various anti-nuclear regimes. We must avoid shaming ourselves...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Listening to the Order of Business, I wonder if an order has gone out from somewhere not to mention the war. We are facing a catastrophe. I ask the Leader to consider a suggestion I made last week that the House conduct a series of rolling debates. We should set aside at least one hour each week so that we can follow the progress of the war. We are obliged to follow it. Originally there was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I am aware of that, but it is vital that some things are said. The people in Iraq are not fighting for Saddam Hussein. They are fighting for their families, their poor little homes and their children, like the six year old girl who had her leg blown off and whose picture was in yesterday's Irish Independent. I opposed Saddam Hussein with my feeble efforts, such as they were, when others...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Yesterday I asked for a rolling debate on Iraq. Although I had to attend a committee meeting, I looked at the Official Report and was very pleased with the Leader's response. She dealt comprehensively with the difficulty we have regarding information. However, she did not indicate that we would have the debate I requested. The House has an absolute moral responsibility to monitor the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Yes, it is a speech and I make no apology. Those Senators should be ashamed of themselves for trying to silence me. Shame on you and your dirty Government and its collusion.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Senator Mansergh is a new boy in this House. He should learn to behave himself. He may have been a civil servant but he is not Leader of this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I am making arguments in defence of my point and that is allowed every day. Since Al-Jazeera reports on this, will it too be bombed? I would like provision for the rolling debate for which I have asked. In one television report I saw a British Army officer explaining: "We saw an Iraqi sitting there, whap he was taken out, whap our troops were in and whap 20 more Iraqis were gone with our zap...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: We value Senator Dardis's contributions.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: The Senator should sit down.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: He said it was an illegal war.