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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

David Norris: It is appropriate that we invite Professor Jerzy Buzek, MEP, to the House for the cosmetic exercise of giving him a political platform of about 20 minutes followed by questions from selected Members of the House. Will the Leader ensure that in addition to this cosmetic, face-saving political exercise, Professor Busek is brought into contact with people in Roscommon County Hospital, carers...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

David Norris: A good thing too.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Three very important matters.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

David Norris: That would be excellent.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Well done. Congratulations.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

David Norris: I join my colleagues in calling for a general debate on the health services. What has been raised at the moment is the question of the standards of truth that prevail at election time. That is an important issue of morality and principle. I am afraid that this hospital issue has now precipitated a highly volatile and dangerous political situation at a time when the country could do without...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

David Norris: We must consider the issue. I support Senator MacSharry on the issue of protecting the family home with respect to mortgages. I have raised the issue many times. I am glad the Senator put the issue in the context of protecting the family, as everybody in the House would accept the concept. We are all pro-family, and I hope this will be an opportunity for us to resist the attempted...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

David Norris: I raised it three years ago in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

David Norris: I know.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

David Norris: I support Senator O'Brien's comments on the rating agencies. I have raised this issue over the past three years. They are a corrupt conspiracy and commercial offshoot of the New York Stock Exchange. They do not seem to understand the very basic principles of law, such as a conflict of interest. They got involved in rating companies who were paying them for ratings. It is the clearest...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

David Norris: I agree with my colleagues that it is important to examine the Cloyne report. A few days should pass before we discuss it because it should be discussed in a calm and forensic manner. I say this because I have spoken on all the previous reports and I never spoke until I had read them in detail and thought about the implications. The implications are extremely sad. I listened on the radio...

Seanad: A Vision for Change: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: A Vision for Change: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2011)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We are lucky that a person with such a passion for and commitment to this area is in this role. I compliment Senator Gilroy on raising the important issue of the involuntary subjection of patients to electroconvulsive therapy. He is probably aware that working with the Green Party, I introduced legislation in the last Seanad that would have...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

David Norris: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that we stay with what is on the original Order Paper and deal only with Second Stage of the Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011 today. It is an important Bill and the idea of taking all Stages, with a possible guillotine - although it is a very short Bill and it may not come to that - is bad parliamentary practice....

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

David Norris: Instead of taking all Stages as per the revised Order Paper, I propose taking the Second Stage only today. The other Stages can be taken tomorrow or before the close of the session.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

David Norris: On a point of order, I am the Whip of the Independent group and I would like at least to be informed of these matters.