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Seanad: Order of Business: Motion (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: We were waiting for the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I do not think I could survive 200 votes per minute. The g-forces would be too much for me. I am far too elderly. It is unconscionable to move at 200 mph.

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Let the record show there is unanimous agreement for the motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Ryanair is once more attempting a hostile takeover of Aer Lingus. Mr. Michael O'Leary is a very clever and competent business man, but this is nothing other than the calculated dismemberment of our national airline. Ryanair started as an Irish airline but it is now a multinational concern, with all the voracious appetites that, perhaps appropriately, go with this. It is quite extraordinary...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: God protect us from-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Carp.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: One can tell that he wanted the contingency now so that he would have an advantage over someone.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I am concerned about what has been happening to this country. I also wish the Minister, Deputy Noonan, well. Senator Hayden said that this measure was not rushed. I left towards the end of business yesterday; I had to make a journey. I was not informed that anything was going on here. I came back to find that emergency legislation had been pushed through the House in the early hours of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Allied Irish Banks is just as bad, and thank God we have seen the last of the damned and blasted Anglo Irish Bank, which I said three years ago the Government should finish off with a quick blow. If it had done that we would not have thrown ¤38 billion down the drain. It has sold the past, as far as I am concerned, and I hope we will have another opportunity to debate this measure. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: That precludes the hypothetical discussion that they are non-existent, as the Senator should know.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: The Labour Party capital.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Speak up man. Do not be ashamed of what you are saying.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

David Norris: This is not a day when it would be appropriate to be negative about the pope. However, my view of that gentleman has not changed. I understand he is to take up residence at the bottom of the papal garden which may be an inconvenience to his successor but I am profoundly glad that he is not taking up residence at the bottom of my garden.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I consider it appropriate that Senator Jillian van Turnhout drew our attention to the fact that this is the year of the snake in terms of the Chinese people. Yesterday was the opening of the lunar new year for the people of Tibet, the Tibetan Buddhists. It is horrifying that they have had to cancel the celebration because of the appalling treatment they are receiving at the hands of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

David Norris: May we have a debate on the issue, particularly in light of the fact that, to our eternal shame, a committee of inquiry, a special committee of this House, was established and then removed because of pressure from local authorities in the Shannon area?

Seanad: International Agreements: Referral to Joint Committee (12 Feb 2013)

David Norris: It would be helpful if we got a minute of explanation as to what each of them were. That may not be possible in this instance but it would be helpful to the House.

Seanad: International Agreements: Referral to Joint Committee (12 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I read it myself but it does not explain what it is. It just mentions a whole list of countries.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I support Senator Sean D. Barrett. I use taxis from time to time. I note, from friends in particular, that there is a mobile phone application where one can push a button and get the closest taxi which will be with one within four minutes. The other point I would make is that amendment No. 36 seems completely redundant, if not fatuous. It seeks to insert the following in the Bill: "(7)...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Feb 2013)

David Norris: If the Minister of State is going down this avenue why does he not license telephone operators? They often come into contact with sensitive information. They dispatch not only taxis but ambulances, fire brigades and the police. As far as I know they are not licensed and anybody can get a job there. Many of them seem to be poets, certainly at my local exchange. The Minister of State has...