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Seanad: Finance Bill 2013 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2013)

David Norris: He is perhaps a Sinn Féin supporter. There is no reason, even the most venal, to give these incentives.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2013 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Will this provision facilitate a successful effort which, sadly, was taken to pieces, namely, the refurbishment not of hangars but aircraft? There were several companies involved in the reconditioning of aircraft. I understand a tiny fragment of that business remains at Dublin Airport and it would be worth investing in. Team Aer Lingus was gobbled up by Swiss Air and it resulted in huge...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2013 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I am not happy to stab Senator Barrett in the back and agree with the Minister of State. I am sorry about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: That is Mr. Rupert Murdoch for you.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: It is what we should have done.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I would like to compliment Senator Mary-Louise O'Donnell for alerting us to a rather insidious situation that this House has been penetrated by subversive agents. I would like to ask how they got into the House. Did somebody sign them in and, if so, who was it? This is acting against the whole morality and decency of this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Persons like that should be vigorously vetted before they are allowed in. We should be alerted to their presence, particularly since they boast about their devious programme. I welcome the judgment of Mr. Justice Peter Charleton in the High Court yesterday upholding a claim from the proprietors of Bewley's that they should not be tied into the upward-only rent review. I have been raising...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I beg your pardon.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: It does not matter a damn. One cannot put the genie back in the bottle. He said what he meant and we all know it damn well; that this was a blueprint for the rest of Europe. I repeat it again for the assistance of the Senator. Of course it is - crucifying the ordinary, innocent, decent citizens who have done absolutely nothing wrong. Let us put the history straight; Cyprus invested...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I salute the Cypriots as a courageous, decent, wonderful people. There is no principle in what the EU is doing. It is a reversal of what was said to this country. We were bullied and blackguarded into a shameful, disgraceful betrayal of the people-----

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: -----and we did it because we were told we could not possibly interfere with the creditors of the bank, including the senior bondholders. That is now what they have told Cyprus they have to do. There is not a principle between the blackguards in Europe. The only thing about the situation from this country's point of view is that it gives us an opportunity to blow the morality and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Senator Keane dresses more extravagantly and beautifully.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

David Norris: It is remarkable how every time I stand up, the person in the Chair prefaces my remarks by expressing the hope that Senators will not speak for too long.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Absolutely, and unlike the Pope, the Leas-Chathaoirleach is always infallible in my book. While I said a few words about Jimmy Walsh last week, I welcome the opportunity to say good things about him again today when he is actually in the Chamber. In a degraded profession, he has maintained extremely high standards. We must value the meticulousness with which he recorded the doings of this...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Yes, like my book.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

David Norris: The Leas-Chathaoirleach does not represent a geographical constituency.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

David Norris: That may be what the Senator believes but the people disagree with him.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Good idea. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: It would like sending out an SOS from the Titanic.