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Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jul 2012)

David Norris: However, the additional voluntary contributions, AVCs, should be accessible. That would be welcome because such payments are made voluntarily, as an attempt to gain extra years or an additional pension and there should be an element of option involved. I speak with some feeling on this because I paid AVCs over a number of years. When the crash happened, I tried to take them out but was...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

David Norris: That is wrong. The Senator is inaccurate.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

David Norris: The Senator should listen-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

David Norris: I respectfully disagree with my colleague, Senator Zappone. The way the business was organised we would not have had time. This House was lied to because we were told the Tánaiste was not available. He was then made available when it suited him.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

David Norris: Will the Leader pass on my congratulations to the Government on the firm stance it has taken with regard to the tragic case of the McAreavey and Harte families? I cannot comprehend how appalling it must be to have this pain continually re-opened in the way it has been, particularly the sensationalising of the case in a newspaper in Mauritius. I welcome the strong line the Government has...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

David Norris: How shocking. Oh dear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

David Norris: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: I ask the Leader to pass on to the Minister for Education and Skills my congratulations on the decision to develop the Grangegorman site for the Dublin Institute of Technology. It is important that this important educational institution should be brought together and concentrated on a very fine campus on which there is room for expansion. That decision has certain implications. A number of...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: There has been good leadership.

Seanad: Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: As father of the House, it gives me great pleasure to welcome the Taoiseach to the Chamber. He does us an honour by being with us today because he is the duly elected leader of our Parliament. It is my earnest wish that after the next election he may be elevated to membership of Seanad Éireann. The Taoiseach's speech was clear, concise and positive. It was a tonic and the applause with...

Seanad: Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: I would like to have had an opportunity to debate some things, such as the suggestion that Irish and European law and policy are co-terminous. That is for another day, however, and although it is contentious, it is an interesting idea. I would also like to hear from the Taoiseach whether the special arrangements on the brink of being made for Spain and Italy can be made retrospective for...

Seanad: Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: It is possible internationally after Nuremberg.

Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: I move: ''That Seanad Éireann: in the light of All Party agreement, repeated promises by Government to provide openness, transparency, accountability and democracy as well as the unanimous support of professional commentators and constitutional experts, expressed during the 2011 Presidential election; in the light of clearly demonstrated public support; and in the light of the fact that a...

Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: He stated that in his view it was completely impossible for any Independent candidate to get elected because of the restrictions on nomination. The nomination process itself is not the only disincentive. For example, no one below a certain level of income or without the capacity to borrow massively is in a position to stand for this office and this debars all but a tiny minority of our...

Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: I did not quite say that. I said we could not have had a better President, I did not say we could not have had one as good.

Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: I am very careful with my words.

Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)

David Norris: Please do not tempt me.