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Seanad: Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (4 Mar 2008)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House. She has a difficult row to hoe. I have some disagreements with her but I was impressed by what Senator Feargal Quinn had to say. He talked a great deal of practical sense and I was glad to have heard him. I wish to raise an issue that is perhaps an unintended by-product of this dispute but one that I would like the Minister to take seriously. I...

Seanad: Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (4 Mar 2008)

David Norris: It is not just due to that. The Competition Act should be scrapped. It has not served the country well, just as the abolition of the groceries order did not. I also warned against the abolition of the groceries order and look at the result of that. There must be independent arbitration but we must ensure that small, family run pharmacies in local areas stay in business. We have seen the...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)

David Norris: I join my colleagues in seeking a debate on Northern Ireland. However, I will not join in the chorus of praise for Ian Paisley and the sentimentalising of him as this new figure, "Big Ian". He is big physically but he is morally a pygmy and remains so.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)

David Norris: I am sorry. I have the right to say it and I will say it and I insist on that right.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)

David Norris: I will not be silenced. Too many people have been silenced.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)

David Norris: The people who describe themselves as the chuckle brothers have erected themselves on a mound of 3,000 civilian deaths.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)

David Norris: It is not unparliamentary language.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)

David Norris: I defy the Cathaoirleach to show me that in a book. I will continue to state this because I believe in telling the truth. The Reverend Ian Paisley undermined by accusing of treason not only Captain Terence O'Neill for meeting Sean Lemass but also Brian Faulkner, James Chichester Clark and David Trimble. What motivated him was ambition. There was no repentance. At least the provos...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear. Bring back "Sissi: The Young Empress".

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (5 Mar 2008)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House. I had not anticipated speaking on this debate but by a curious piece of serendipity this morning I received a letter from an ordinary citizen, not a constituent, and I would like to put it on the record and ask the Minister to examine the queries in it. Before I do that, I feel myself very lucky in my pension arrangements because I have a pension from...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: The Senator is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: This week one of my colleagues objected to the use of language by a Member on the Government side of the House because he used the word "slaughter" regarding the situation in Israel. I maintained it was a matter of proportion and I still do. I know something about the use of language and when 125 people, mainly civilians and including four children, are killed by the armed forces of a...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: ——was bombed. I was nearly killed in a bomb attack outside a pizzeria in the centre of Jerusalem. I am aware of these incidents and I condemn them unreservedly. However, I will not be intimidated against saying what I think about human rights.

Seanad: Cluster Munitions: Motion (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: I move: "That Seanad Éireann welcomes: (1) the role being played by the Government in international efforts to secure a total prohibition on the production, stockpiling, transfer and use of cluster munitions through its active participation in international initiatives to address the issue comprehensively, in line with its commitments in the programme for Government; (2) the convening by...

Seanad: Cluster Munitions: Motion (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: On a point of order, I exonerate the Minister from any culpability in this matter. I was in touch with his office and understand it was prepared to be flexible with regard to timing. I should have made that clear to be fair to the Minister.

Seanad: Cluster Munitions: Motion (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: Should there not be ethical guidelines for the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission?

Seanad: Cluster Munitions: Motion (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: What about existing investments?

Seanad: Cluster Munitions: Motion (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: That is very helpful.

Seanad: Cluster Munitions: Motion (6 Mar 2008)

David Norris: The date is fine. However, it was shifted from 3.30 p.m. to 1 p.m. with no notice to any of the people participating and no consultation with the Whips despite what I was told. What I was told was not true.