Results 9,141-9,160 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Passenger Name Records: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: As is the threat from states.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: It would help if the Minister listened.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: She is the one who is speaking.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: That is correct.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: Bravo.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: I agree, particularly since the Minister showed gross discourtesy by not listening to what Senator O'Donnell had to say.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: I also welcome the Minister and a number of elements of his contribution, particularly his commitment to bring the Bill to this House, the fact that he is open to suggestions from Members of this House and the guarantee of fairness. I may not always agree with him, but I know that he is both fair-minded and decent. The Wexford Opera House was not built, rather it was refurbished. It was a...
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: I stand corrected.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: I have visited it. I was going to say how impressed I was with how they had remodelled the building.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: As the Minister is the local involved, I will not waste too much time on the issue. I also enjoyed his wonderful mixed metaphors about the ship of State needing to be bailed out and then building a children's hospital on it. I do not think I would build a children's hospital on a ship that was sinking. The Minister has said this is something absolutely routine; why, therefore, do we need...
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: We are getting a measly sum of less than one third from it, which is extraordinary. If we can make so much money out of it, why does the Government not nationalise it? Why are we so stupid? Are we telling the international community that we are lazy, stupid, thick and inefficient; that we cannot even run our own lottery and that if it does it for us, we will it them shovel loads of money?...
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: The Minister is right, it is. Children are always introduced as a defence. The children's hospital will be built and I do not think selling off the national lottery is a fit excuse for it. This idea is included in the motion and the Minister's speech. The motion should have the support of the House. There should be a free vote on it. The national lottery belongs to the people. I do not...
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: I do apologise to the Senator for using words of more than one syllable. I shall try to be monosyllabic in the future.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: Certainly, when the other Senator withdraws his.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: I have visited it.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: Of course, I was taking the point that it was rude not to listen to a speaker at the beginning.
- Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (23 May 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.