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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

David Norris: I am not referring to the Cathaoirleach. The system is idiotic. One person is standing in the way and he should be very careful about this.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

David Norris: That is the farce of the entire thing.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

David Norris: I seek clarification. Is that a yes or a no?

Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)

David Norris: Go on.

Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)

David Norris: I thank Senator Buttimer for giving me time to take part in this important debate. I commend my colleague, Senator Ross, on a superb political manoeuvre. He has been talking about this for many years, before most of the other Senators became Members of the House. I remember him raising this matter many years ago. Both he and Senator O'Toole did a remarkable job. I listened with delight...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

David Norris: I hold no brief for Arthur Scargill but the coal board and the Tory Government unilaterally started closing mines and the miners' strike was in response to that. I ask the Leader to consider extending the ten minutes allotted for questions on NAMA, subject to there being enough questions. It is not sufficient for such a serious matter as NAMA because it only allows for two questions and...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

David Norris: I am in the middle of a sentence. We are told there is plenty of car parking for people crossing the city. Will somebody wake up and realise an increasing number of people live in the city? We want gardaí and we want to be able to drive our motor cars as necessary.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

David Norris: They knew how to rob the banks.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. There is a crisis of confidence. The public are a bit shell shocked and they have no trust in the banks. I do not agree with much of what this Government is doing, but at least there is some degree of comfort in the fact that we have, in the Minister for Finance and the Minister of State, two very professional, intelligent and competent people....

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Which part of Dublin is Dingle-Daingean Uí Chúis in?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

David Norris: I ask the Leader to raise with the Minister for Foreign Affairs the case of a Palestinian Christian woman, Berlanty Azzam, a fourth-year student in business studies. She was arrested on 28 October and held in custody in Netanya. She was taken blindfolded and handcuffed in an Israeli military jeep. The charge is that she is a person from Gaza. The Israeli authorities have decided to...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: I return to a matter I raised yesterday, namely, the Corrib gas field. After I spoke yesterday, my colleague, Senator Hanafin, indicated he supported my call for a debate on the issue but argued that Shell to Sea was not correct and so forth. We also heard from another Senator on the Government benches that dangerous dissident elements were involved. The report of the planning board is...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: I am glad to receive confirmation of where Senator Walsh stands on women's rights, as well as gay rights.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: That was injury time.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Defence to come before the House to explain the reason the Irish Army has been ordering defence equipment from a company which manufactured equipment used in the Gaza war which has been the subject of a war crimes complaint?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: I would avoid that topic if I were the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Shell has been found to have engaged in dangerous practices. The Garda has also been involved in attacks on civilians.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: The final report will be in the newspapers.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: What Senator Bacik has just said illustrates the value of this House and the value we place upon the kind of professional expertise we have here. I say as much without prejudice, as they say in legal circles, to the argument. It is important to recognise that the amendment which occurs first in the order is not the really significant one. It is amendment No. 50 that comes toward the end of...