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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I want to thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for the handsome certificate that all of us have received from you. It was a most generous and imaginative act to celebrate the fact that we are all Members of Seanad Éireann on the 90th anniversary of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I wish to place on the record of the House my thanks to you for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I also wish to raise the question of the gardaí. I am also very concerned about this matter. By and large, the Garda Síochána commands the respect of all the people in this country. I believe, however, that certain elements of the Government have started to behave in an extraordinarily arrogant fashion. The blame may not be all on one side, but I was very surprised when the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: There is woman auditor.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: They were not at the table but in a side room.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House with which he is familiar and to which he is a frequent visitor. I also welcome elements of this Bill, in particular those dealing with carbon emissions. This is a constructive environmental approach. However, I would like to raise a few issues. I refer to the fact that a substantial amount of this money will transfer to local authorities. It may well...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: It is beautiful Jaguar XJ6 3.1 litre for which I paid ¤5,000. The tax is touching ¤2,000 per annum and my insurance premium is approximately ¤1,000. I pay more than half what I paid for the car per annum. If I keep my car in good condition, which I do as I have it regularly serviced by the Jaguar company, I do not see why this exorbitant tax should be levied on it.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I cannot hear. There is some kind of squawking going on in the background. I am not quite sure what it is.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: Now all the cuckoos have started off.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

David Norris: I would like the Minister of State to address the issues I have raised.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: As a member of three trade unions who voted against the acceptance of the breach of an agreement by the Government unilaterally, I celebrate the fact that SIPTU and the other trade unions voted against it massively and overwhelmingly. It was an exercise in democracy of the kind I would like to see more often around this joint. It is unlike the situation in which the people came here from...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: The Cathaoirleach will note that I have used one letter.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Yes. I meant they should go forth and multiply, to put it biblically.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: It is a very serious matter. Mr. Chopra has said himself that austerity does not work. It is not working and it is driving the people down. We should join a coalition of the southern European states and take the big boys on. We should not let Germany win the third world war. It is utterly wrong and shameful that we should go back. It is perhaps appropriate on the day of Mrs. Thatcher's...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Yes, I have. Can we have a debate on the most important matter facing the country? We are reverting to Thatcherism. She said what she is quoted to have said. I have heard it and seen it. She said there is no such thing as society and it is only an economy, which is what our friends in the EU are telling us. It is regrettable that there should be such a clear conflict between the...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Why?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: It is not personal although there is nothing to say it should not be. I did not name anybody.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Yes, I have.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: I am sorry, but the Cathaoirleach keeps interrupting.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

David Norris: With the greatest respect. It is very important for the House to consider the matter. If the Taoiseach has his way and abolishes the Seanad, there will be no brake on the Government. It will be able to do what it likes at the touch of a button and make mayhem out of the judges. I agree with Senator Bacik and was very pleased that nearly 80% of people at the Constitutional Convention showed...