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- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
David Norris: It is a question for the Leader and she has asked it very directly.
- Seanad: Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Mar 2010)
David Norris: I compliment Senator Boyle and his colleagues on this legislation. It is very important and I welcome the fact that there is a general welcome from the House for this. It always surprises me that, when we confront catastrophes such as the situation in Chile and Haiti, people do not realise there are enough catastrophes without mankind deliberately inflicting other disasters on itself. I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: And me.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: It should be.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: And it is rotten legislation too.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: That is a very good argument for extending the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: " 'bioethanol' shall only be deemed to constitute a biofuel in the case of ethyl alcohol ex CN (Combined nomenclature) sub-heading Taric code 2207 1000 with an alcohol content of at least 99 per cent volume the properties of which comply at least the requirements set in document EN 15376:2007 or any...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: I can guarantee it will not be reported.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: Technically it is in Kilkenny.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: I said that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
David Norris: It is perfectly clear we have won the argument in this House, a fact with which the Minister of State has agreed. There is universal support for the amendments and I am glad we have had the opportunity to table them. Will the Minister of State examine as urgently as possible any facility for accepting them in this House rather than in the Dáil, as the arguments for their acceptance was...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)
David Norris: I too received the letter Senator Fitzgerald received from the woman in Letterkenny. I replied to it straight away because of the note of despair in it. I am not surprised that people feel like this on a day, for example, when one of the main banks reported losses of â¬3 billion but rewarded its directors, apparently proportionately, with bonuses of â¬3 million. One person honourably...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)
David Norris: That is not just a religious position, although I take a religious position. It is good for people to have a day of rest. Sunday in Dublin was a beautiful day and I know that many employees of stores in Dublin and across the country are forced to work. I certainly do not join this populist rush to say we should open pubs and desecrate Good Friday. I have one other point. I am very...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)
David Norris: Senator O'Toole pointed out in the discussion held in the Seanad that there was no finality and there was a gap in the legislation. I express my concern on the matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.