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Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I am speaking through the Chair but I am waving to the other side. The feminine side of my brain allows me to multi-task. I refer to the debate on the economy. I am very happy to accept Senator Alex White's excellent suggestion on the way this debate should be taken. It is remarkable that the Government voted against having a debate on the economy even though it takes up most of the time...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I am quoting from the newspaper, and I insist on doing so. The Leader is quite wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: It is. I will tell Senator Cassidy the point of order since he does not know it——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I am quoting from an article by Donal Casey in today's The Irish Times. He said we have a defective gene in our national DNA and the painful truth is that we have all given tacit permission for the behaviour at the heart of our banking crisis. We have not. I did not nor did the vast majority of people in this House. We were strongly critical all the time. How dare he say that. He went...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: When will we debate these issues and give a reply to people who say, for example, that we must apologise to the European Union for voting against the Lisbon treaty? When will we hold the Government, which has poured at €7 billion into Anglo Irish Bank, accountable? Now it is considering flogging part of it off to some Australian crowd called abrekebabra or something like that. It will...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: What about when the Senator was thrown out for bad behaviour?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I have no problem with that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: We remember them well. We remember Charles J. Haughey very well.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I agree very much with the issues raised by Senator Bacik, some of which I mentioned during my contribution to Second Stage. Whatever about the percentages involved, the human impact on the lower paid could be devastating and unmanageable. In many cases, money may not be available to fund this for people at the severest of margins. I instanced the case of a decent woman, a civil servant,...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Country music was effectively dealt with the other day. The Government repeatedly says that it is seeking co-operation from this side of the House. We are not all Opposition Members — some of us are Independents. There is a willingness to co-operate but it is not reciprocated by the Government parties. The legislation was guillotined in the Dáil on Wednesday and a guillotine has been...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: As the aeroplane disintegrated in flight, the characters inside it kept rushing around with the magic shamrock and asking people to join up. Since the situations are the same, we must consider the matter. I have with me two of the shoal of messages that I have received. They reflect the public's feelings. The first letter, which was sent by one of my constituents, states: The public...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: The Waterford Wedgwood workers in the United Kingdom are protected.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Did I speak for 18 minutes?

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: My distinguished colleague spoke much sense for 18 minutes. I wish I had spoken sense for 18 minutes.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Any further attempt would take a hell of a lot longer.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I move amendment No. 2a: In page 4, to delete lines 41 and 42. I indicated to the Minister of State last night that I would pursue this matter. I do this not to curry favour with the employees of the Central Bank but to illustrate a very important point of policy, one on which Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank commented in a way in which the Government would be well...