Results 8,761-8,780 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: Absolutely, but the proof is, as Senator Sean Barrett said, that we are in the first league in terms of citations.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: It has to do with the criteria.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: The people compiling the ratings.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: I applaud the sentiment behind these amendments but personally I believe there is a certain level of political naivety behind them. The Mahon report was quoted.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: I thank Senators for the correction. The Moriarty report was referred to and there was an argument that there should be equality. There is no equality and everybody knows this. That is deliberate, structured and built in by the parties since the beginning of the State in order to exclude independent voices. Part of that arises from financial considerations, and the Minister knows that...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: I do not. The public gets the information via the media and I will tell a story about how that operates. I was contacted by a person in one of the tabloids approximately two years ago and although I do not usually speak with such people, it was suggested to me that this was a good idea. The person claimed to be a student of mine and a big fan but just wanted to ask a few simple questions.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: This is directly relevant. The person in question asked about the expenses. He asked if I lived on North Great George's Street and even I had the intelligence to answer that straight off. He asked if I worked in Leinster House and I said the questions were getting easier all the time and if I got a third one right, would I get to keep the sweets? The third question was how I could justify...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: If salaries were increased to compensate for that, it would be presented as politicians taking an increase.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: There is also the question of the allowance of expenses for tax purposes. It is an extremely important point, to which the Minister has not responded.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: Could the Minister also give me a note regarding the question I raised?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
David Norris: I very much thank the Minister for that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
David Norris: First, I would like to let Members know that tomorrow I will be formally seeking permission to move the Privacy Bill which will be taken in my Private Members' time this day week. It will be an important debate in which I hope Members will take part and research areas where people's privacy has been invaded. As somebody technically classified as elderly, I want to disassociate myself totally...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
David Norris: It is extraordinary. We are told that councils will accept payment, yet when citizens try to pay, they are told that there is no machinery for accepting the money.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
David Norris: I just wonder whether the pigs have started to run the farm. It appears that we are in a chaotic situation. I will end on a serious note and support strongly my friend and colleague, Senator Bacik. We fought against the forced combination of some organisations that fought for human rights. We fought against the extinction of the Combat Poverty Agency. We have a way to go in terms of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
David Norris: It was to abolish transition year.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
David Norris: I do not like being patronised as somebody who is elderly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
David Norris: I was embarrassed about it, and rightly so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.