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Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

David Norris: I support Senator Jillian van Turnhout and hope a debate will be granted. I secured such a debate on the economy; therefore, what the Senator desires is possible; it has been done during this session. The welfare of children is a very important issue. Has the Deputy Leader an update on the question I have raised repeatedly for many months, namely, the registration of various lobbying groups...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

David Norris: I just want to put on the record that this House, yesterday, discussed diesel laundering-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

David Norris: -----and other issues raised by me, my colleague, Senator Barrett, and the Fianna Fáil Members.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

David Norris: Do we have the name of the well known public servant who put this idea into the Taoiseach's head?

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

David Norris: I regret I was not here for the earlier part of the discussion because I was involved in the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade where we had an equally significant discussion. I am happy to have this opportunity to support my colleague. I understand he is not pressing either of these two amendments, largely because the Minister and himself are ad idem on these matters. The...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

David Norris: I wish to alert the Minister to something I raised on the Order of Business a couple of weeks ago. We received a very glossy brochure from some crowd with a name like CDFI. They did not identify themselves and I had to go to quite a lot of trouble to discover they were representing a subsidiary of the tobacco industry. They were pushing exactly the line about which the Minister spoke, that...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs Services Provision: Motion (29 May 2013)

David Norris: I commend my colleague, Senator Mullen, for tabling this important matter, about which I only became aware recently as I travelled from one committee meeting to another. Two charming young women approached me and lobbied me about this matter because they both have Down's syndrome children with a reasonably high IQ. It is really appalling that the children should be disadvantaged simply...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs Services Provision: Motion (29 May 2013)

David Norris: The practice is much more important than the policy because that is actually what affects people.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs Services Provision: Motion (29 May 2013)

David Norris: Every single study shows that Down's syndrome children thrive in mainstream schools. We all accept that is really good for them. However, Down's syndrome children who have a mild disability have no access to the extra hours. That is regrettable, particularly because it is a change that came about in 2005. Before that, their disabilities were included as low-incidence disabilities. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Africa Week: Discussion with Value Added in Africa (29 May 2013)

David Norris: I beg your pardon, the trade what?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Africa Week: Discussion with Value Added in Africa (29 May 2013)

David Norris: I compliment Mr. O'Caoimh on his clear and lucid presentation. There are elements of hope in it. Deputy Brendan Smith has already raised a question about which I was concerned, but I would like to explore it a little further. I am talking about political bias. What is the nature of the bias? What measures can be taken to overcome that bias? Is there a way in which the committee can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Africa Week: Discussion with Value Added in Africa (29 May 2013)

David Norris: Would it be possible to make a suggestion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Africa Week: Discussion with Value Added in Africa (29 May 2013)

David Norris: Mr. O'Caoimh could supply the committee with the certification, which we could examine, and perhaps we could issue a statement that we approve of the work he is doing. Such an endorsement might help him to deal-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Africa Week: Discussion with Value Added in Africa (29 May 2013)

David Norris: It is a central theme of Dan Brown's latest novel.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

David Norris: I am not as susceptible to the Cathaoirleach's blandishments as Senator Mooney is. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business because I do not want to take all Stages of this Bill and I do not give a damn what agreements were reached before now. I feel strongly about this because I was listening to the radio in my car on my way in and I heard how this Bill had been stuffed through the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

David Norris: I am sorry. People are being given Irish degrees which have never been validated by the Medical Council, and they may be required to supervise torture. We should be careful before we validate degrees for doctors who may be coerced into torturing civilian protestors.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

David Norris: My proposal is that we do not accept the Leader's suggestion to take all Stages today no matter what happens. I suggest we take only Committee Stage today.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

David Norris: I would like to decide it now, if the Cathaoirleach does not mind.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

David Norris: It is now, because I have put it before the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

David Norris: I am the new leader-----