Results 9,181-9,200 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: No, I do not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: It will be the only one outside the US.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: A bit of honesty from the Senator's side would not go amiss either.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: What about an international court for trying economic crimes?
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: Goldman Sachs and the ratings agencies seem to be immune.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: I await it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: Will the Deputy Leader condemn the creep as well as the creeping?
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: Will the Deputy Leader extend that internationally?
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
David Norris: As he is not present, the Deputy Leader can ignore him.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: The Senator and his lot left plenty, and so did those on that side of the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: Would the Cathaoirleach advise my learned friend that we have no role whatever in discussing these kinds of judicial decisions?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: I have frequently spoken in this House against the horrible trade of human trafficking for whatever purpose. I would have to say, however, that if in 100 busts North and South of the Border, which involved multiple arrests, the fact that only three people appear to have been trafficked suggests that the link is not quite as strong as has just been suggested. I usually agree with the Leader...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: I can understand their difficulties.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: When we have this debate, which I believe we should have, I hope they will realise the seriousness of the situation.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: Yes. I am supporting the call for such a debate because we are facing a really serious situation. I do not think we realise exactly how serious it is. Where are all the promises we heard before the referendum now? What response did the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, get from the spokesman for Wolfgang Schäuble, who is the paymaster? He was given the brush-off, which he did not...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: I am seeking a debate on homophobia and am giving the reasons. The pastor said no food should be dropped in to them because they would then die out. Another pastor said that if a boy was showing what he called "a limp wrist", he should be given a good punch.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: We have also had the cowardly and disgusting attitude at the Anglican synod recently. I am urging that we should take this issue seriously. On most occasions when I raise these issues in the House, nobody speaks against them but I do not get a lot of support. I would welcome it if we showed a bit of solidarity in this area instead of always taking the soft, easy options which everybody is...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: Was it a Protestant or a Catholic-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.