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- Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)
David Norris: I did not make a Second Stage speech.
- Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)
David Norris: I will read the relevant line for the Acting Chairman.
- Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)
David Norris: It reads as follows: "In exceptional cases, where the parents, regardless of their marital status, fail in their duty towards their children to such extent that the safety or welfare of any of their children is likely to be prejudicially affected, the State as guardian of the common good shall, by proportionate means as provided by law, endeavour to supply the place of the parents" This...
- Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)
David Norris: I hope that is what I said.
- Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)
David Norris: I welcome this debate and compliment the authors of the document, which is very useful. I do not agree with all of it and some of it is vague. The best part is the last, which is very clear, direct and specific on the issue of costs and nails the lie that there would be significant savings to the Exchequer. This information comes from an independent source, namely, the Clerk of the Dáil,...
- Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)
David Norris: A very good point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)
David Norris: I ask the Leader to give us a timescale for the introduction of privacy legislation. This is an issue that has been covered widely internationally. I gather that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, gave a commitment to seriously examine the legislation and to introduce such a Bill. It is about time. Today, item No. 5 on the Order Paper is a Government Bill on privacy...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)
David Norris: Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)
David Norris: Bravo.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)
David Norris: Nonsense. It was balanced. I heard every word of it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)
David Norris: He acknowledged that he had made a bags of it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)
David Norris: Will the Leader indicate when the privacy Bill will be taken?
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
David Norris: I also call for a debate on the report of the Ombudsman for Children. She is a remarkable servant of the State who has done us proud. She indicated there was a substantial increase in the number of complaints made. Interestingly she said she specifically chose individual cases which would highlight principles and affect the entire system so that it was not just one individual case. She...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Oct 2012)
David Norris: What about the children's hospital?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Oct 2012)
David Norris: What about the children's hospital?
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
David Norris: The House may generally share this view. I strongly congratulate the national broadcaster, RTE, on a most remarkable and uplifting programme last night. I refer to the interview with the former President, Mary McAleese. This was a prophetic voice and it struck a visionary note, a note of optimism, hope, decency and deep understanding. When I learned that my former colleague and friend was...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
David Norris: John XXIII. I think we all know the wonderful man who started the Vatican Council. That is the person I am speaking of. Mary McAleese had a very difficult background. She was reared in Ardoyne, which was a mixed area but largely Protestant, and some of her neighbours joined the UVF. Her capacity to understand the forces that led to that reminded me of the Dali Lama when he told me in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
David Norris: Yes, but I would like to tie it in, if I may, with the need for a visionary prophetic approach-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
David Norris: I am glad we have such people in this land. Bringing it back to the economy-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
David Norris: Yes. Can we have a debate which will include matters such as those raised by the President of Brazil when addressing President Higgins and sending a message back to the Irish people to say that it was dangerous to engage in nothing but austerity measures, nothing but tax cuts and nothing but humiliating the people and driving them out of work? I very much welcome the concern Her Excellency,...