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- Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I would like to be associated with the Cathaoirleach's remarks and wish our distinguished visitors every success in their job in the North. I wish to make some points on the kidnapping of Margaret Hassan. To date, luckily, nobody has sunk to the level of beheading or murdering a female kidnap victim. In my view, the fact of her Irish citizenship should not be pushed but rather concealed....
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: It is true.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: These troops are being pushed through our airspace. As was stated the other day, at least we were given â¬25 million for it. Is there a price on the suffering of the people of Iraq? I ask the Leader to bring an answer to this House about this traffic and, in particular, the fact that an aircraft with clear markings which was used to transport kidnap victims by the United States to countries...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: What kind of government is that?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: It is an outrage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: We were not asked to support torture.
- Seanad: Children Act 2001: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: That is unparliamentary language.
- Seanad: Children Act 2001: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He is a very good person to be in charge of this area. I am now of an age that, when I was a child, terms such as attention deficit disorder and dyslexia were not recognised. Any child who was disruptive, of whom there were many, was battered into submission. I saw it happening in the school I attended and I am not sure it was a very good idea....
- Seanad: Children Act 2001: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I always enjoyed playing. Nowadays it is not acted out in that way. Rather, it happens in front of a screen in an impersonal and dispassionate manner as one is simply splatting a very realistic target. I wonder if these technological advances and games may lie behind one of the most chilling aspects of one of the cases, namely, that the young person accused sat through the court proceedings...
- Seanad: Children Act 2001: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Or that Department. The Minister of State has the support of this House in continuing to remove these obstructions because this is the will of the Oireachtas. We require and demand the full implementation of this legislation. Bellyaching about not having enough money will not wash in this climate. We are prepared to beard the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in the interests of...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I support what my colleague, Senator O'Toole, said earlier. I am glad he brought to the attention of the House the centenary of the birth of the poet Paddy Kavanagh. He is somebody of whom we can all be proud. I have no doubt whatever that he will have a growing international reputation. I slightly dissent from what Senator O'Toole said about who I take to be Oliver Gogarty who was a former...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I am glad Senator O'Toole raised that point but like all of us, Gogarty was a mixed event. I ask the Leader to suggest to the appropriate Ministers that they take a sophisticated view of the row currently going on inside the European Commission because attempts are being made to suggest that difficulties of Mr. Barroso concerning Signor Buttiglione are because he is a Roman Catholic. However,...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: If the Cathaoirleach does so, I believe he will find support for his authority redoubled in all sections of the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: This is the business of the day because I have put it down on the Order Paper.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Yes, but I believeââ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Perhaps the matter can be reconsidered because the Cathaoirleach heard very clearly the response of Members on all sides of the House.