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- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (17 Apr 2013)
David Norris: On a point of disorder, let me say that I share Senator Barrett's distemper. I am undone. I am confronted by three buttons and know not which to press.
- Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Motion (17 Apr 2013)
David Norris: We will see about that. There is an argument against having Sky Sports, but it is a moral rather than a financial one. As Sky Sports is owned by Rupert Murdoch, how could anyone have it in the house? I was not in the House to hear the discussion, as I was attending the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. Therefore, if the point I want to make has been raised, I apologise. When I...
- Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Motion (17 Apr 2013)
David Norris: I will end now. I have just returned from Cyprus and what is happening there is a thundering disgrace. The people concerned came here and told us that we could not and must not burn the senior bondholders because it was a matter of principle, legality and morality. They then went to Cyprus and forced the Cypriots to do so. They are picking us off, one at a time. We are little experiments...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Position of LGBTI People in Uganda: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)
David Norris: It is an honour to be in the presence of Ms Nabagesera because we revere her for her extraordinary courage. None of us in this country who have been involved in easier aspects of this trouble have had to confront anything like the brutality, the viciousness and violence that happens in Uganda. I was also honoured to meet David Kato at a meeting of Front Line Defenders in Dublin Castle and I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Position of LGBTI People in Uganda: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)
David Norris: Deputy Buttimer and I got one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2013)
David Norris: Population.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2013)
David Norris: Has the Tánaiste given any consideration to the question of the use of drones? I refer to drone attacks in Afghanistan and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2013)
David Norris: People are entitled to a free trial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2013)
David Norris: While I support that proposal, I ask that the Chairman sent a similar note to the Iraqi representatives in respect of the 30 people who were killed in bomb attacks on the same day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: She is a Trinity graduate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: I ask the Leader to investigate a troubling matter and report to the Seanad. I understand that a group calling itself the Iona Institute deliberately misled the convention by knowingly using inappropriate information. It is serious that a body established by both Houses of the Oireachtas should be so misled. I refer to page 1 of the institute's submission which quoted a 2002 Child Trends...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: I do and indicated that right at the beginning. My question is very serious and I ask for the Cathaoirleach's indulgence, please. Complaints were made, investigated and found to be untrue. Will the Deputy Leader contact the convention and ask it to confirm these matters that I believe to be true? Having satisfied herself that this is the case, will she establish for us who are these...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: No, it is a matter for the Deputy Leader because this is a very, very serious matter. If people are deliberately misleading a body established by the Oireachtas with the plain knowledge that the authors of research have said that their research must not be used in this situation. The matter should trouble all of us who believe in truth, integrity and the decency of public standards. This...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: I can confirm that he does indeed have friends - not a great many but some.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: She is entitled to respond.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: I ask Senator Walsh to withdraw that deeply offensive remark. It is a disgrace and Senator Walsh is a disgrace. I ask for it to be withdrawn. Will the Cathaoirleach ask him to withdraw it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: I did, and he said the Deputy Leader of the House was pro-abortion. It was very clear, he said it and I ask him to withdraw it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: Will the Cathaoirleach ask him to withdraw it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
David Norris: Did the Cathaoirleach hear that? Was it clear enough?