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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I join many colleagues in calling for a debate on the economy. We are in a serious situation with new issues arising every day. The impact of a possible €500 annual increase in the cost of health insurance for families will inevitably force people into sole reliance on the public health service which is already creaking and groaning, so to speak. It is important that we discuss these...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

David Norris: They cannot function; they have said it already.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

David Norris: It might work here too.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Well done, Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear. Senator White is right.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I support Senator Alex White's call for a debate on the economy, which is well overdue. I am not anything of an economist, but even I am concerned when there are reports in the newspapers to the effect that the former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, is to approach some banking friends with a view to a dig-out and that these include J. C. Flowers, Carlyle and so on, with their associations to...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: On the other hand, I am among those, as suggested by Senator Ó Murchú, who would pay tribute to FÁS on the basis of my personal experience. Now is the time, when it is under pressure, to stand up for the foot soldiers in FÁS. I have direct personal experience of them and I am not suggesting that anybody here, including my friend, Senator Ross, has impugned them in any sense. He was...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: He is a real scholar, a PhD, the translator of Fernando Pessoa, a world authority not just on Joyce but on Pessoa, who has made these links between Ireland and Portugal. Thank God we got him and we would not have done so without FÁS. It is absolutely appropriate that excessive lifestyles be examined. I heard somebody say — there was a chorus of approval — that half of FÁS's budget,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I support Senator Regan's point. I actually——

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I am not debating it. I would just like to explain, in terms of the business of the House——

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I actually went to the trouble of obtaining the statutory instrument referred to in this regard. It is quite significant because, as with other matters raised, we are putting this through without debate.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996: Referral to Joint Committee (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: It is a question of the absence of a domestic definition of terrorism. This House should debate matters such as a legal definition of terrorism in this jurisdiction.

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Power, to the House and welcome the introduction of this timely Bill. While it is not perfect, it is good legislation. I propose to put some of my reservations about the Bill on the record, but to begin I congratulate those civil servants in the Department of Foreign Affairs who worked so hard to achieve what they thought was the best...

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I wish to make one further point. It is absolutely appalling to think that Ireland would consider engaging in military exercise of either an aggressive or defensive kind with people who may well use such weapons during the course of that military operation. We must not do so as it is the wink and snigger and gives them moral permission. It is so queasily ambiguous that I am 100% against...

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Mine would be the same amendments basically.

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Will the legislation be identical in every single country?

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I apologise to the Minister of State for missing those few sentences. I needed to take an urgent telephone call.

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: That would be great.

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Splendid.