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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

David Norris: Will the debate on the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill not continue afterwards?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

David Norris: On a point of order, I objected to the Leader's proposed guillotining of debate on the Social Welare and Pensions Bill 2011, which applies because the Bill will not be completed prior to commencement of the debate on school transport but it could be continued following that debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Howlin, who is a very appropriate Minister to take this motion. I agree with the previous speaker from Sinn Féin, Senator Kathryn Reilly, who said there may be some difficulty with the word "whistleblower" because in Ireland there has been a tradition of not particularly warming to informants. I remember Liam O'Flaherty's book, The Informer. She referred to...

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: I cannot hear.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: I raised this matter and it was not challenged. Questions along these lines in support of what I say were asked by members of the Senator's party. Questions were asked in the other House by Deputies Ruairí Quinn, Phil Hogan, Ciarán Cuffe - who is no longer in the Oireachtas - and Jimmy Deenihan. It is a non-contentious matter among ourselves, although I agree with the Senator that it is...

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: I will mention a second case for the Minister, which I ask him to investigate. I raised the matter on Tuesday, 23 February 2010, and it relates to a series of very serious breaches of liquidity regulations by one of the senior banks in the Irish financial services sector. The issue was not taken up anywhere except eventually by one newspaper which copied my Adjournment motion and did not...

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: I hope the Acting Chairman will acknowledge that I brought my remarks to termination when he said my time was up.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: I am just approaching the front of the Chamber to better hear the Minister. I would not pay the Minister such a discourtesy as he is too old a friend for that.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

David Norris: As the person who raised the question of the Mater hospital and the establishment of an international peer review group some years ago, I very much welcome what has happened in this regard, although I had reservations about the site. It is important that the project proceed straight away. The children cannot wait. In light of the contribution by my distinguished colleague, Senator Sean...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Norris: I deplore the use of the guillotine when dealing with legislation. This is not the first time it has been used; it is becoming a regular feature in this Chamber. I had great hopes of the new Administration but it is now beginning to exhibit all the very traits it so stringently commented upon when in Opposition. This morning we learned the Defence (Amendment) Bill proposes to institute a...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

David Norris: I second Senator Ó Domhnaill's amendment to the Order of Business. I do so because it is perfectly clear that the interest rate is dictated by the interests of Germany. It is about time the German people were made aware of the fact that the impression under which they appear to labour, which is that their banks are rescuing our people, is the inverse of the truth. Our unfortunate people...