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Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Shame.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

David Norris: And their television station bombed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I appreciate the attitude of the Leader yesterday to my request that the House debate the situation in Iraq and her indication that it would engage in a rolling debate. Will she indicate her intentions in this regard for next week? A debate of perhaps one hour without the presence of a Minister and with Senators allowed five minutes to contribute might be considered. We must monitor what is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I may not be as familiar with the smell of blood as some of the more sophisticated Members around here but I am not ashamed or afraid of emotion. I call on every Member of the House who has any decency to attend the rallies that will take place all over the country this Saturday.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

David Norris: The Senator does not seem to know which side of the conflict holds patriot missiles.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

David Norris: That is good news.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Mr. Bush, Mr. Blair and Mr. Rumsfeld.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Yesterday I asked for a rolling debate on Iraq. Although I had to attend a committee meeting, I looked at the Official Report and was very pleased with the Leader's response. She dealt comprehensively with the difficulty we have regarding information. However, she did not indicate that we would have the debate I requested. The House has an absolute moral responsibility to monitor the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Yes, it is a speech and I make no apology. Those Senators should be ashamed of themselves for trying to silence me. Shame on you and your dirty Government and its collusion.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Senator Mansergh is a new boy in this House. He should learn to behave himself. He may have been a civil servant but he is not Leader of this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I am making arguments in defence of my point and that is allowed every day. Since Al-Jazeera reports on this, will it too be bombed? I would like provision for the rolling debate for which I have asked. In one television report I saw a British Army officer explaining: "We saw an Iraqi sitting there, whap he was taken out, whap our troops were in and whap 20 more Iraqis were gone with our zap...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: We value Senator Dardis's contributions.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: The Senator should sit down.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: He said it was an illegal war.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I regret this move by the Government and I hope the Minister will be in a position to reconsider it. The initiative was practical, worked and was of particular assistance to the disadvantaged. People on unemployment assistance, lone parents, people on farm assist schemes and blind people – the most vulnerable individuals in society – were taking up this opportunity. It is astonishing that...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Seriously, people need to look at the situation of having to go to third level. We have all received correspondence from people affected by this. I will not recite the lot, but I would like to place on record the case history of a mature student from Galway. I ask the House and the Minister and her officials to consider the practical implications of this. The letter I received states:

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

David Norris: No, and my guest is not President Bush.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Listening to the Order of Business, I wonder if an order has gone out from somewhere not to mention the war. We are facing a catastrophe. I ask the Leader to consider a suggestion I made last week that the House conduct a series of rolling debates. We should set aside at least one hour each week so that we can follow the progress of the war. We are obliged to follow it. Originally there was...