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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I never belittled them and have regularly taken part in debates on the fishing industry.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: It is people on Senator O'Donovan's side of the House who spoke disparagingly——

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I am aware that there is an EU happiness index. Is there also an irony index because we need to examine the whole issue of irony? I ask this question seriously. The Leader indicated he had to deal with a backlog of issues raised by Senators on the Order of Business. Is the obvious course of action not to face the ironies implicit in that statement and expand the only part of business in...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I am asking whether the Leader has seen the irony in this and in the fact that he can rabbit on over there. Government Members are making idiots of themselves if they give the Czech President the oxygen of publicity.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: At the same time, we had in this country, by invitation of the Government, a succession of European Prime Ministers who told the Irish electorate which way to vote. We even had one in this House, the President of the European Parliament, yet when the Czech President, with whom I disagree, is brought over here we do not allow him to say his piece. That, too, is ironic. It is even more...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I take all cases on board. The Senator will find that I take on board all of them——

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: ——but you, Sir, are a bigot and I know that very well.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Is the Senator referring to the Czech President?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I never did that.

Seanad: Criminal Assets Bureau Annual Report 2007: Statements (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I am very grateful to my colleague, Senator Hannigan, for allowing me some of his time. I listened with great interest and admiration to what he had to say as he has a very clear grasp of the subject. My colleague, Senator Ivana Bacik, also has a clear grasp of the issue and we are very privileged to have somebody with that level of expertise, background and professional understanding here....

Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: What about Cabinet responsibility?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

David Norris: It is far more sinister than that.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Senator Regan is weakening our case by making that silly partisan point.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I support what Senator O'Toole said about the absence of serious business in the House. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. About one third of Members are present for the Order of Business. The numbers have been dwindling every day for the past two weeks, which shows that our membership feels we are increasingly irrelevant. There was a good debate last night on the CAB. It is very...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Can the Leader request the Minister for Transport to come to the House to explain the visa waiver scheme and his discussions with Mr. Michael Chertoff? According to this morning's edition of The Irish Times, he will be required to transmit information about Irish citizens, including fingerprints, information about their religious views, sexual orientation and so on. It did not say that this...

Seanad: Departmental Bodies (18 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate him on his recent happy news. It is only a few weeks since the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, introduced his first budget. The financial climate both nationally and internationally is bleak and one understands the necessity for cutbacks. Some of the measures outlined were insensitive, such as the removal of the...

Seanad: Departmental Bodies (18 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Huh. That is spelt "h-u-h" for the information of the parliamentary reporter.