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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

David Norris: That is a very good idea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

David Norris: A briefing note would be sufficient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (6 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I am quite relieved that he is dead because he had a most terrible, agonising illness and on a human level I hope that he is at peace. The desperate efforts to keep him alive were really awful for him. He obviously inspired huge devotion. When his deputy was speaking today, his voice was breaking with emotion. Significant numbers of the poor, deprived and marginalised people in Venezuela...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Bravo. Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I join in the concern expressed by Senator Burke about the difficulties being experienced by the Irish Examiner. It is a very fine newspaper, and I would like to express my sympathy to the 12 printers who have lost their jobs. I am very glad that the Crosby family trust has managed to execute a sophisticated manoeuvre that allowed it to acquire most of the titles, including the Irish...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2013)

David Norris: It was not me who said it.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House. He is genuinely a reforming Minister. We already, perhaps in a previous Seanad, had some preliminary work done on rationalising the VECs, which is a good idea. I pay tribute to the VECs. Despite the bad organisation and the fragmentation, they filled a significant gap in Irish education and did well. Some of them stand out. I think the school of...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

David Norris: It is also excellent. In that respect, I wish to ask the Minister about rationalisation. The College of Catering was threatened with certain proposals on amalgamation and so on. It is an interesting building, one of three significant art deco buildings in Dublin. Another used to house the then Department of Tourism and Trade and houses a magnificent sculpture by an Irish woman. The old...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

David Norris: As a member of the Church of Ireland, I am glad to see education being removed from the sectarian field, but I wonder whether there is an historical place for the school within TCD. The university has Christian Brothers and various groups, but why kick out the Church of Ireland? It seems daft. The school has changed well, at least in the beginning. I do not know what it is like now. What...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

David Norris: The big gun is coming.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: It is lamentable.. It is bureaucratic rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: It is against the public good.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Will we have to pay a professional a fee to assess our property?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I will.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Here comes the dictatorship. No debate necessary. Abolish the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: My colleague on the University benches, Senator Rónán Mullen, is a constant apostle for calm, serious and respectful debate without name-calling. It was, therefore, with a certain amount of surprise, despite the history of these matters, that he described the Marie Stopes Clinic as abortion privateers. I am not 100% sure how that fits into calm, serious and respectful debate, but no doubt...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I have. Can we have a calm, serious and respectful debate on the issue of abortion? I agree with my colleagues, including Senator MacSharry, on the question of evictions. It is probably unconstitutional. I am in the curious position of having taken an action against the State where it agreed with all the evidence that I presented but stated it could not grant me relief because of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Why are these suspended when it is the banks?