Results 5,281-5,300 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: It was not. I protest against that. Senator O'Toole has a clear record of supporting the arts in this House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: The Senator should not misrepresent other Members. She should not make out thatââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I ask the Leader for clarification on an issue. I did not hear him mention a sos during the debate on the Charities Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: That is very unfair. A small number of us will be here working throughout the day on this Bill and, by and large, they are the same people who put a great deal of effort into this area. I have invited in a group of people for lunch. I am not making the point that I am entitled to eat. I will happily work through any hours but I do not like to be discourteous to people I have invited here...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: No, it is not made. This woman's child has died â it bled to death.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I want to finish this because I must put it on the record. Even if it means that you have to expel me, I will do it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I have a statement from a senior Nigerian politician who says that if this woman goes back, there is a very strong likelihood that her influential family will have her kidnapped at the airport and she will not be seen again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I do not think I will. I want an explanation now and I want the Leader to take up this matter, particularly the question of the leak. I also put on the record that the United Nations Development Fund for Women doubted if ordinary police would take action against family members who are trying to force a woman to undergo female genital mutilation. There is no federal law, there is some local...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: It is a clear case of violation of human rights and it is being stood over by the institutions of this State. I at least want to protest and there are decent people on the Government side who want to do the same.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I do not believe any of the immigrant communities are after this. This is nonsense.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: They are not asking for it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: It is idiots in the bureaucracy who are doing so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I am all in favour of cribs and I raised this issue last year.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: It is not the immigrant communities who are demanding this, it is half-wits.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Will the Leader answer my question please?