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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: It is not well. How can the Senator say that? In fact it is quite ill.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: It is not well.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: I hope I will.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: Despite my disagreement over the state of health of the Celtic tiger I agree with Senator Ó Murchú about the RTE Radio 1 medium wave service, especially because it will represent a further downgrading of the broadcasting of religious services on Sundays and that is very regrettable. I wish to turn to the business of the Ó Cuanacháin family. I have had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Ó...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: It would be shameful to pursue this family into bankruptcy. The fact that Members on all sides have made this point should give the Government pause to consider. This is part of an increasing trend towards autocratic and non-accountable Government, as evidenced by the new immigration Bill, which should be called the ease of deportation Bill because, although it contains some useful measures,...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: There is no provision for taking a class action in this country. It would have been ruled out immediately if the family had taken a class action.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear. There is none this week.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: What about congratulating Senator Harris's wife?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: Bravo.

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: Senator Quinn has kindly allowed me to speak first but I will only do so for two or three minutes. I have a dinner guest and Senator Quinn courteously allowed me not to keep him waiting any longer. I listened to the debate on the monitor in my office and I believe a certain amount of misinformation has been stated. We must honestly face the facts about drugs. I know a number of people who...

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2008)

David Norris: However, we cannot do it in this country only. It must be done Europe-wide. One can fight drugs for as long as one likes and we will be fighting them in 100 years' time but we will have made the situation worse. With regard to alcohol, a schizophrenia or double-think exists. I agree with what Senator Keaveney stated but she was not hard enough on the drinks industry. The Senator made a...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

David Norris: On 19 February 2003, the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr. Michael McDowell, introduced the Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002 to the House. It took more than a year for it to reach Committee Stage, which it did on 7 April 2004, by which time 150 amendments had been tabled, more than 90 of which were placed on the Order Paper by our former colleague Dr. Mary Henry. Not...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

David Norris: I want to raise a matter related to the groceries order, which was abolished by this House. Today the Irish Farmers Association issued a statement that its members are being badly squeezed by predatory pricing by the large supermarkets. That is clear. It is related also to the Beverage Council of Ireland, which stated last week that the unloading of enormous quantities of drink by...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

David Norris: It is all part of a situation where the Competition Authority is involved. We ought to have a look at the way the authority operates, in making a tin god out of competition. It has already inhibited the rights of the weakest elements in the acting profession. For example, those who do voiceovers who earn an average of €7,000 a year who are inhibited under threat of criminal sanctions by...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

David Norris: They are utter cowards. They seem to think that we have forgotten the shame they brought on us at the time of the Omagh bomb, and that this has evaporated. It has not. They are also traitors to this country, North and South, because they are doing it, apparently, in the context of a major investment conference in the North of Ireland. We should condemn them as cowards, as traitors and as...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

David Norris: We will hear it on the nine o'clock news.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

David Norris: We do not. We are with Senator Barack Obama.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

David Norris: That is not a sport. It is a bloody practice and should be stopped.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

David Norris: It is ignorant bestiality and cruelty.