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Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: Nuance.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: I met her yesterday.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: I regret that my modest request has been rejected on the grounds that there is no need to review it because we are reviewing it already. It reminds me of my good friend Kieran Hickey who made a film about Joyce using the glass slides from the Lawrence collection and he was refused permission to do so by the National Library of Ireland on the grounds that it was not possible. He said: "Since...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: Whatever it is, it is a tiny, microscopic and practically immeasurable amount. I do not see anybody requiring to stuff themselves with large nuggets of fluoride in order to do themselves any damage. It is at least a little more toxic than that. It is worth considering the other countries. In the past couple of days in Australia the district of Cairns has just voted it down. The night...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: I am very grateful to the Acting Chairman. Such water treatment has never been in use in Belgium and will never be in the future because the fundamental position of the drinking water sector is that it is not its task to deliver medicinal treatment to people. Fluoride has never been added to the public water supply in Luxembourg and the authorities there believe the drinking water is not the...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: Not really because there are still three minutes in the debate.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: Since it was not used up I thought I might use it up.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: The Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy advises that toxic fluorides have never been added to the public water. Norway had a rather intense discussion on the subject some 20 years ago and the conclusion was that drinking water should not be fluoridated. Drinking water fluoridation is not allowed in Sweden because new scientific changes have not shown that it should be. The Supreme...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: I thank the Acting Chairman for insisting. It is important to make those points.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: The final point, because we all are so interested in this and I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, will want to know-----

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: -----is where he spoke about dissociation. The Minister of State said that when added to water in the correct amount, the acid dissociates or separates completely. However, that was from a paper by Urbaski, published in 2000 and which was not peer reviewed. In 2002, he published a retraction, a paper that contradicted that and that was peer reviewed. I agree with the Minister of State...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

David Norris: It is just 6 o'clock.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Norris: What a revelation. To whom would the Senator be married to give that relationship?

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Norris: First, I want to ask two technical questions. Will the Leader give some guidance on whether he intends to take Private Members' motion No. 3, which seeks to protect the Seanad by ensuring the holding of committee meetings does not conflict with the Order of Business? We should be treated with respect. The resolution on the armed conflict in the Congo will be taken without debate and it...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Norris: It is a reason for having a debate on it. I support my colleagues who stated we must examine the beef industry. I have been in the House when on repeated occasions the enterprises associated with Mr. Larry Goodman have caused serious reputational damage to the meat industry of the country. I do not think it is sustainable that for vulgar financial gain the reputation of the country should...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Norris: I am sure that Bertie Ahern is involved.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Norris: It is a legal requirement that a garda must sign those forms.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Norris: Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?