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Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I am aware of that, but it is vital that some things are said. The people in Iraq are not fighting for Saddam Hussein. They are fighting for their families, their poor little homes and their children, like the six year old girl who had her leg blown off and whose picture was in yesterday's Irish Independent. I opposed Saddam Hussein with my feeble efforts, such as they were, when others...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I support Senator Mooney's comments on the dangers of drink. While the House has recently debated this issue, it is important to debate it again. Some years ago I raised in the House the problems arising from excessive alcohol consumption in terms of hygiene and danger to life, especially in the cities, but I was laughed out of court. We now realise how serious is the situation. A couple of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: It is more obvious now that the building is illuminated.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: And a very good one too.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Rot.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Did Senator Bradford propose the amendment? It did not sound like it to me. The content of the Senator's speech did not sound like support for the amendment.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: What about the four civilians who were killed in Baghdad last night by American bombs?

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Hear. hear.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I am certainly on the record of this House in that regard.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: This is a very sad day. I also have been in Baghdad but unlike some of the other people in both Houses, I had a blazing, face-to-face confrontation with Tariq Aziz on human rights. When I opposed the beef deals on the basis that they were supplying and feeding the Iraqi army, I was criticised by those on the Fianna Fáil benches. Senator Seán Haughey, then spokesman, said what Senator Mooney...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

David Norris: The Americans have fomented coups, revolution and disorder in friendly neighbouring democracies. They have sabotaged the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty outlawing the production of chemical and biological weapons, and the protocol establishing the International Criminal Court because they are afraid of being caught out, as well as various anti-nuclear regimes. We must avoid shaming ourselves...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

David Norris: While I had not expected to address this subject, I thank Senator Browne for raising it. The Government Ministers who attend these parades in America should make their displeasure clear. It is astonishing that these people in America, who think they are so Irish by excluding gay Irish people, ignore the fact that parades in Dublin and Cork have welcomed them for years and given them prizes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I understand that. However, we have some moral influence on our Ministers and we can ask the Leader to request Ministers to raise the issue with people when they are marching with them. The Cathaoirleach and Senator Browne are correct in that it was shamefully determined by a court in New York that the parade is controlled by a sectarian organisation which maintains it as an exclusively Roman...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

David Norris: We are talking about freedom of information, yet Senator Callanan from Cork is trying to stop me speaking. That is the kind of freedom of information they like in Cork. Perhaps it is the kind of freedom of information Mr. Bush would like.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

David Norris: The Goebbels-like process of disinformation has already begun. Like many others, I watched television news reports last night. We were informed that three-quarters of the Iraqi army had surrendered, whereas only 17 soldiers had done so. We were then told that Tariq Aziz had been shot trying to escape and that Saddam had been killed. All of these reports were untrue.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

David Norris: I formally propose an amendment to the Order of Business that instead of No. 1 we take the item in the name of the Independent Senators concerning the situation in Iraq. I believe it is No. 25—

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

David Norris: — on the Order Paper. A number is not a speech. The Senator may be numerically challenged, but a number is not a speech. It is not even a figure of speech.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

David Norris: We must hear the punch-line. It is not fair.