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- Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Nov 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)
David Norris: This is such an historic day that I only wish to strike one note by joining the Leader and other colleagues in congratulating US President-elect, Barack Obama. We can all breath a little more freely today, particularly those very many of us in Ireland and elsewhere who cherish human rights and decent standards. America has begun the process of rediscovering her soul and, as Senator Ã...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)
David Norris: I echo Senator O'Toole's call for the Minister for Finance to come to the House to explain how we will address certain difficulties that may arise in the context of economic relations between Ireland and the US. A distinguished American businessman provided a sophisticated analysis of this matter and suggested that it might not all be one-way traffic. I will be interested in hearing what...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)
David Norris: I thought Ireland was the greatest country in the world.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)
David Norris: I am grateful to my colleague, Senator Joe O'Toole, for giving me this time to speak. I welcome the Minister. She is a woman of exemplary courage but I just happen not to agree with her on a number of issues. Like Senator O'Toole, I applaud universal access. There is a clear case that it saves money and one can test this against the improvement in health of elderly people. I am not...
- Seanad: Development of Green Technology: Motion (5 Nov 2008)
David Norris: I record the Minister of State's courtesy in yielding to me. I understand he had intended to come in at this point and I am very grateful to him. He may be in a position to respond to one or two of the points I will make, although I may not be here as I have a group of guests coming in. I will read the record. I welcome this debate. In the last session I handed to the Minister for the...
- Seanad: Development of Green Technology: Motion (5 Nov 2008)
David Norris: I will just deal with the sheep and cows then. The methane gas, which can be produced through aerobic digestion technology with a dry fermentation process, has the capacity to provide enough energy every year to more than a million homes in Ireland. A Cork-based company, Kedco, is investigating this. These are the kind of things that need to be done. The universities are also playing a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)
David Norris: I support Senator Fitzgerald's remarks about the deferment or cancellation of the cervical cancer vaccination programme. That is regrettable because it could, apparently, save the lives of 200 young women every year, or at least prevent them from getting cancer. It is a simple regime involving three injections, but at â¬600 it is costly. That means that, once again, the wealthy people in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)
David Norris: On the Order of Business, there is somebody here who will be aware of my comments and with whom I usually agree, namely, Senator Hannigan. With regard to the Russian matter â it is all tied in with Obama â and its decision regarding a possible siting of military equipment in the Kaliningrad area, we have never tried to understand the Russians. There has been no attempt to do that. It...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)
David Norris: It is necessary that we get a balanced view.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)
David Norris: Doing nothing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)
David Norris: I concur with colleagues who pointed out that the House will deal only with statements this week. However, the situation is even worse than we imagined because we did exactly the same thing last week. On Tuesday, 4 November, the only business in the House was statements on broadcasting standards. On Wednesday, 5 November, we had statements on medical cards for those aged over 70 years and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)
David Norris: We are entitled to know the facts. I ask for an immediate debate on this issue. According to Ms Coulter's report, Departments, State agencies, local authorities and educational institutions made up 54% of the case files under the Equal Status Acts in 2005, 60% in 2006 and 69% in 2007. The Equality Authority is the only body within the remit of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)
David Norris: Anyone who stands up to Government will get smacked and the budget will be an excuse.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)
David Norris: It is not a question of either-or. The Senator should not be so morally obtuse. It is not a matter of either-or.