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- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)
David Norris: I wish the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, well on this critical day in his career and in the life of the country. This is not a time for smart-ass, partisan politicking. The circumstances are far too serious. We have had the largest stock-market crash since 1929 and we are probably heading into a slump. This has been triggered by the criminal greed and irresponsibility of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)
David Norris: The Government might abolish Met Ãireann.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)
David Norris: Does that include the Independents?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)
David Norris: I could get used to it.
- Seanad: Volunteering in Irish Society: Statements (14 Oct 2008)
David Norris: Every parish gets large grants from the lottery. I know this because I have gone through the allocation of grants with a fine-tooth comb.
- Seanad: Volunteering in Irish Society: Statements (14 Oct 2008)
David Norris: Interruptions add spice to the debate.
- Seanad: Volunteering in Irish Society: Statements (14 Oct 2008)
David Norris: I was going to say that one. The Senator got there first.
- Seanad: Volunteering in Irish Society: Statements (14 Oct 2008)
David Norris: I also welcome the Minister of State and compliment him on his speech in which he hit a number of the right notes and which I would like to develop. Although it is part of the Christian tradition to help out one's neighbours, it is not exclusively so. We are far too self-congratulatory and insular if we think we are so wonderful as a Christian country. I have worked with a number of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: Senator Leyden has got his tenses wrong, it is broken.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: Barack Obama; Shergar.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: Could I ask for clarification? I could not hear with the interruptions. Did Senator Leyden say "lawyers" or "liars"?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: I thought he said that liars should be penalised. I support that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: I join with colleagues in welcoming the debate on the budget. One of the most critical issues is the one which Senators O'Toole and Alex White raised. I am perfectly happy to pay the 1% levy and, if my income goes over â¬100,000 to pay 2%. It is totally appropriate and I have no quarrel with it but Senator White is 100% right in saying that this is a vicious tax. There must be a lower...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: I am glad to have received information from Dóchas that the 0.7% target in overseas development aid will be reached during the specified time. That is good but the problem is that this is dislodging attention from other issues. We are properly concerned with the international financial situation and its repercussions in Ireland but there are other matters around the world. I would like a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: I made that proposal.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: It is still nothing to be proud of.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: With the permission of the House, I wish to share my time equally with Senator Ross.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)
David Norris: I welcome the debate. Like most other Senators, I received approximately 20 submissions from Age Action Ireland, Action on Suicide, Chambers Ireland, the Carers Association and the Disability Federation of Ireland, which attended the Mansion House to point out that â¬83 million had disappeared while being redirected through the HSE. Several of the federation's members asked to have their...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.