Results 9,761-9,780 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
David Norris: It is about the naming of a person.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
David Norris: The point of order concerns the naming of a person in the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
David Norris: He mentioned the name Gilmore. I heard him; he is sitting right in front of me.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
David Norris: It is an important issue, but it can be dealt with without the naming the people involved.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
David Norris: What about the HSE representatives?
- Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs: Statements (20 Nov 2012)
David Norris: I wish to strongly support my colleague and friend, Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, who is an extraordinary example of someone who is an entrepreneur and who has created a significant business interest. She and her husband used their entrepreneurial genius in order to launch the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation. These are the people to whom we must listen. They are not crazy, they have...
- Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs: Statements (20 Nov 2012)
David Norris: If we want to encourage industry and enterprise, then we should not kill them where they already exists by introducing particular measures. I am of the view that some explanation should be provided in respect of those measures. The very least that could be done would be an equalisation and balancing. One cannot pay for things three times; once with PRSI, once with replacement and now this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: In the centre of Jerusalem there is an independence garden. A feature of this on which people often comment is a memorial on which the following text from Bible is inscribed: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem". I pray for the peace of Jerusalem and Gaza. I was moved last night by the concerns expressed on television by two women, one a Jewish woman who has relatives in Israel and the other...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: I would like to make one final point in support of Senator Daly. I am in possession of legal opinion from Ireland and Britain that a separate ban by this country on Israeli goods coming from the illegal settlements would not be a contravention of any law. We can do it and we should do it now in the context of our taking on the Presidency of the EU Council.
- Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: Could the Acting Leader clarify if all Senators are unable to contribute this afternoon, whether Second Stage could be adjourned and resumed on another day? I have to attend a meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and other Senators are in the same position.
- Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: We all understand that, nor would we expect that.
- Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: Without any discourtesy to the Minister, if I might raise what I believe is a point of order.
- Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: I notice there are several discrepancies between what the Minister said and what is in the provided script. I would like to give one example from the paragraph the Minister has just finished reading. The provided script states: "Neither does the Bill provide for any process whereby negative equity can be written off for solvent debtors able to meet their repayment obligations." However,...
- Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: I wondered which holds the force of law.
- Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: They are not actually.
- Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: I thank the Minister for the courtesy he has extended to the House, as a senior Minister in the Cabinet, by staying here throughout the entire debate. This is something to be welcomed, as is the Bill.
- Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: The Bill is a step in the right direction, although it is not complete. The first thing I have to say following my compliment is that it is complex, as the Minister has noted, and this is why he has dealt with it in considerable and helpful detail. It is cumbersome and it is also astonishingly incomplete. The Minister stated: Determination of appropriate guidelines with regard to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Democratic Republic of Congo: Presentation (21 Nov 2012)
David Norris: And providing us with copies.