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Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

David Norris: He will be well able to say, "Yes, Minister."

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

David Norris: Why not?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

David Norris: The Leader should wait until he has done something before congratulating him.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

David Norris: I thank the Leader for that.

Seanad: Tragedy in Burma: Statements (20 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Tragedy in Burma: Statements (20 May 2008)

David Norris: I join with my colleagues in welcoming my former comrade on the Joint Committee on Transport, the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Power, to the House. I congratulate him on his elevation and also Deputy Micheál Martin on his assignation to the Department of Foreign Affairs, which is a plum job in Government, even though one must sometimes confront difficult and tragic situations such as...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

David Norris: I strongly support Senator Coffey on his call for debate on the fate of Waterford Glass, which is one of our most historic industries and represents Ireland all over the world. Just yesterday, visitors to the House admired the beautiful Waterford Glass chandeliers that grace this Chamber. I have, however, some concern with regard to Government intervention. We must look back, for example,...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

David Norris: ——the man described by Hillary Clinton as Darth Vader, Dick Cheney. Therefore, the National Roads Authority is employing Darth Vader to poison the landscape of Meath to celebrate biodiversity week. What a wonderful island we live on.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

David Norris: This has happened on both sides. My case has been in since it has nothing to do with——

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

David Norris: I will.

Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

David Norris: I am grateful to my colleague, Senator Joe O'Toole, for sharing his time with me. I heard speakers describe Commissioner Mandelson as acting in a very British manner. This was an unnecessary comment. We should analyse what he is doing. I do not know whether it is British. I am not sure what "British" means in this sense. He has certainly behaved with a lack of caution and taken a fairly...

Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008)

David Norris: I thank my colleague, Senator Bacik, for sharing some of her time with me. I also welcome the Minister of State to the House and wish him well in his career. I think he is a very appropriate choice because I happen to know him slightly but I have also been very impressed by the highly capable, intelligent and humane way he has dealt with matters such as this and other politically related...

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

David Norris: I thank Senator Hannigan for sharing his time with me. It is very important, even though times may be difficult, that the Government keeps its nerve and invests in the long-term infrastructure of this country. We have had situations in the past, particularly with the metro, where it was clear that the project was the only logical, sensible solution that would effectively address the traffic...

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

David Norris: In that case, I will just mention, en passant, the M3, which is a frightful business. The Minister of State might, if he has a spare moment, read what I said on the Order of Business today about the involvement of Kellogg, Brown & Root in it. We are paying some pretty questionable American companies to desecrate part of the historic landscape around the Hill of Tara.

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.