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- Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: They would say that; they are forcing us to do these things so why would they not say it.
- Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: Could we stay in this jurisdiction, please?
- Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: I do not care how they do that in Northern Ireland; I am worried about down here.
- Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: We are very grateful.
- Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: I am on my knees.
- Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: That is old hat and of no use.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: I commend my colleague, Senator Crown, on this very professionally drafted Bill. When I read it, I suspected that fine legal minds were behind its production. I am glad the Senator referred to the work done by those to whom he referred because when he used the word "We" in framing the Bill, I was afraid people might have thought I was involved in its drafting. Although I would have taken...
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: Yeats got in and said that we were no petty people. This is no petty Chamber to be dismembered by the likes of the Minister or the Taoiseach, Deputy Kenny. We must stand together in the name of democracy because the Government has everything else, from the President down. It has won all the elections. What more does it want? It has the banks, the councils, the Dáil; it will not get...
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: More hypocrisy.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: It works perfectly at the moment and it is done.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: Because it would be completely unmanageable.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: Well done.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: Why did they not support Mugabe also? The first thing that he did when he seized power in Zimbabwe was---
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: There is a parallel.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: There was also interest in the press.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: "Micesses".
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: Simply a matter of quality.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
David Norris: There are technical university graduates.