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- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: That is why I mentioned the certificate of incompatibility.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: Exactly.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: Does the Senator approve of discrimination against children?
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: I reiterate my support for the position of Mr. Waters on the problems attaching to the status of the natural father, although he is almost as much of a monomaniac on that subject as I am on some others. He acknowledged that I had spoken out on this matter at a very early stage. I believe my credentials are established in that area. With regard to the business of getting reports and...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: Exactly, it would upset the apple cart.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: Does the Senator agree with the Swedish Government?
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: We always have a free vote.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: One parent has the child and the other adopts him or her.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: It is possible.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: I agree with Senator Bacik that the issue of foreign relationships is extremely important. The Minister may remember a previous occasion - it may have been on the Order of Business - when I brought in three enormous files, each 1 ft thick. That is the degree of the practical problem on the ground. It is essential that we establish a clear position on the recognition of foreign...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: One can exercise constraint.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: I had the Operation Transformation. We won it, did we not, Senator Buttimer?
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: She would be unmarried temporarily during her visit.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: They do not.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: Football at this time of the night.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: I listened with great interest to five speeches all on the same side and, for a little bit of balance, I would like to say a few words. I regret that I had no idea my colleague on these benches, Senator Quinn, was so extraordinarily insensitive that he is not aware of how patronising his remarks were. He said we are lonely and left behind. For God's sake, it reminds me of Jimmy Saville at...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: Sure, that's why they've opposed 64 sections. Sixty four sections. Is that constructive?
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: Which amendment do you have in mind, a Leas-Chathaoirligh?
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: My colleagues say they do this in a constructive manner. They say they are approaching the Bill in a constructive manner and welcome it. I find this a very curious use of the word "constructive" when they have opposed no fewer than 64 sections of the Bill.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
David Norris: I am commenting upon the idea that this kind of opposition is constructive or is not constructive.