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Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

David Norris: We could hammer it out at that point.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

David Norris: I will second it.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

David Norris: I accept the Chair's ruling and I apologise for any discourtesy. I must indeed be either sitting or standing appropriately in the House.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

David Norris: That is the ruling I got from the Polish tea trolley lady on the Westport train who refused to serve me until I sat down. For you, Madam, I will certainly sit down.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

David Norris: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

David Norris: I would like an update on the progress of the Civil Partnership Bill. It is in the process of being amended and there have been worrying reports in the newspapers about amendments that apparently have been accepted by Cabinet, as a result of which the creation of a joint tenancy on behalf of civil partners would be exempt from court fees and property registration fees but not stamp duty. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

David Norris: I join my colleagues in welcoming the fact there will be a debate tomorrow on the situation in Gaza. The flotilla of peace attacked by the Israeli defence forces was approaching the coastline of Gaza but was in international waters, which makes this an unprovoked act of piracy on the part of the Israeli authorities. This is now Israel's equivalent of Bloody Sunday and will turn world...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

David Norris: Human rights exist not only in troubled parts of the world but here in Ireland as well. I listened on the radio to a distressed young woman who had taken rented accommodation and who has a tiny infant child. Her husband took three days' work and for that they have lost their house because they lost their rent supplement. They were out on the road and their parents took them in. The place...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

David Norris: At the outset of this crisis, I called for the establishment of a department of home security to protect such people.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

David Norris: My final point, on which I will end——

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

David Norris: ——is that they have been told that, were they to separate, the council would house them. So much for the support of marriage in this wonderful country.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: It is important that Senator Callely come into the House to make a statement. This goes to the heart of the question of integrity in politics and the position, as reported in the newspapers, casts a slur on all of us, which is regrettable. I welcome the highly unusual interest of the media which I hope will be sustained.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: I will be curious to see if anybody in the Press Gallery today or anybody else in the media-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: -----will take a continued interest in the questions raised later-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: -----on the situation in Gaza - a Member of the House, Senator Daly, was actually there - or on whistleblowing, in respect of which I had an important case which only received attention in the Irish media when it was reported in Süddeutsche Zeitung. Let us have more attention, not just for the bad stories but the positive work the Seanad does.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: I welcome the fact that the Government has withdrawn the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill. It was a disgrace. Two hundred amendments were tabled to it in the Dáil and it was also attacked in this House. It contained serious human rights violations and probably was unconstitutional. In an act of extraordinary political effrontry, the Government sought to continue in office, by...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: I am quite happy to wait my turn as there was a misunderstanding which I will explain later.

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: There was a little confusion earlier which I said I would explain. I mentioned to our Whip, Senator O'Toole, that I was interested in this matter and he asked me to lead off. I had agreed to share time with Senator Quinn but then I discovered Senator Ross had a particular interest in the matter and I was happy to yield to him. That was the source of the confusion. The reason I have an...

Seanad: Adult Education: Motion (2 Jun 2010)

David Norris: I would like to start on a positive note. I went to Clonakilty, County Cork, a few days ago after the business of the Seanad had concluded. I was driven to meet some transition year students who had completed a couple of remarkable projects. One beautiful girl had assessed the gender-based differences in taste regarding perfume and scent, etc. She tested them very scientifically in a...