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Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: In that context, the act of breathing could give rise to a potential charge on the Exchequer.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: I would like to ask the Minister of State about this when he comes back into the House.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: Will the Minister of State say what charge his Department fears might arise in this regard?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister and welcome the introduction of this Bill. It is important the Seanad plays its role in introducing legislation. When I introduced a Bill some four years ago, that was very unusual, but we have had a flurry of Bills introduced in the House and this shows political energy. While I compliment Senator Regan on introducing the Bill, the Minister was persuasive when he...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: On a point of information, from my extensive arboricultural and horticultural experience, I had a lemon tree in Cyprus that was rotten. My vine is rotten also, but they both produced fruit.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: Of course it is; that is the point.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: We understand the Cathaoirleach is also able to speak.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: We accept the Cathaoirleach's version.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: The Cathaoirleach has the authority to suspend the House until this mess is cleared up. This is a farce. Tá Gaeilge mhaith agam agus blas álainn, dílis, Protastúnach agam. I can say that to the soldiers of destiny.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: It is six more words than Members on the Government side have.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: It has not been agreed.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: When was the Bill challenged?

Seanad: Pharmaceutical Sector. (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: This matter relates to the registration fee being imposed on the pharmaceutical sector. Three elements in the new regulation cause concern. The first is the extraordinarily high level at which the fee is being set. The second is the bureaucracy and duplication involved, which is wasteful, especially in the registration process itself. The third is the concern about what the Pharmaceutical...

Seanad: Pharmaceutical Sector. (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. There is a clear conflict of evidence between what the Minister of State and I, as advised, put on the record regarding the sums involved in this jurisdiction and in Great Britain. With regard to PricewaterhouseCoopers, it did not exactly help us when we were tumbling into the financial abyss. It is a classic practice to commission reports all...

Seanad: Pharmaceutical Sector. (10 Dec 2008)

David Norris: There is no great record of people being poisoned and given all kinds of inappropriate drugs and, therefore, I do not know what the hysteria is about. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

David Norris: If the Senator reads it, that is what he will get.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

David Norris: It is not in the Irish courts.