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

David Norris: I welcome the spirit of these amendments because Senator Regan is attempting to secure the rights of victims. There is a strong public feeling that victims are not treated with the degree of sympathy they could be and that they do not have access to the redress they ought to have. There is a feeling that the balance may be slightly skewed. I am not sure whether that is true but certainly...

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

David Norris: In that case, it is covered and I will be happy to support Senator Regan's amendment because this is also very important.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State. I congratulate my colleagues in Fine Gael for tabling this very important motion. The Government needs to be thoughtful, as Senator MacSharry has been, in helping us to confront the very serious situation in which we find ourselves and not just dismiss it. One of the principle thrusts of the motion is the terrible situation regarding unemployment. I have...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

David Norris: I support Senator Walsh as I take it he is calling for the debate we have been looking for on this side for a very long time on the Government's response to the Ryan report.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

David Norris: We should get down to it so I strongly support the Senator in this matter. Yesterday, in the debate on the Criminal Procedure Bill, I asked the Minister questions about the children's detention centre. I did not anticipate that the issue would explode today with the publication of a Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, report into the centre for severely disturbed children in...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: I am glad to follow directly after my colleague and friend, Senator Bacik. This is precisely the issue that I wished to raise. I wish to ask the Leader two questions. Before the close of business, can he indicate when the Fines and Civil Partnership Bills will be introduced? Both matters were first raised by me in the House. Five years ago, I tabled the Civil Partnership Bill 2004. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Rubbish, I am certainly not available 24 hours a day at any time. That is a ridiculous thing to say. We have enough tripe from people who think we are available 24 hours a day. I damn well am not, nor will I be.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: On a point of order, I must remind the Leader that his Government sought and obtained a judgment against the British about sleep deprivation and defined it as a form of torture.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: And you end up getting screwed.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Yes there is: Japan.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: The Japanese economy was down for 19 years.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Agricultural land prices in Ireland were depressed for 19 years.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Yes, you did.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: We also think we are a Catholic country but we are not.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: We have not had the full Ryan report yet but I am looking forward to it.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: Not for me.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Haughey. I have found this a disappointing debate. By and large, there has been much rhetoric supported by inaccurate statements but nothing radical in what has been said so far. I say this because we have been challenged from those on the Government side of the House to come up with new ideas. I cannot claim my ideas are brilliant but they are...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

David Norris: What about the credit rating agencies that are totally discredited and are up to their hocks in foul toxic loans?