Results 2,821-2,840 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)
David Norris: The Senator certainly shortened it; he extinguished it. Well done.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: And in the opinion polls too.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: I note a report in The Irish Timesthis morning that refers to a finding of the Law Reform Commission, LRC. It has called for a new, properly-resourced white-collar crime agency to work in close conjunction with the new white-collar or corporate crime agency in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The LRC is also calling for regulators to be able to fine and impose sanctions...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: They cannot all be successful.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: I thank the Leader, but the whole process needs to be reformed to give the ordinary people a chance.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: A resolution was passed by more than 98% of the Constitutional Convention's membership, which was the highest number seen, yet the Government has done nothing about it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: And paid the price.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: Filibuster.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: Let us call it what it is. It is a filibuster.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: And a perfectly legitimate political tactic.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: Will the Minister direct Irish Water to meet the representatives?
- Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: I would like to make one comment and I ask the Minister of State to take it back to his colleagues. A report of the Law Reform Commission by Dr. Patrick Honohan, former Governor of the Central Bank, was launched this morning. It recommends the establishment of a corporate crime agency to work directly with the new corporate crime agency in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions....
- Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: Yes, they were.
- Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: They should have been stopped in their tracks.
- Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: That is very welcome.
- Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: It will be the recurrent President.
- Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: It is partly because of the way the prosecution was mounted. It was useless.
- Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: That will be the day.
- Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: We learned plenty but the banks did not.
- Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2018)
David Norris: These amendments, all of which I agree with, seek to amend section 9 of the Bill, which deals with the constitution of the board. The proposed new section 7 states:The membership of the Board shall consist of—(a) a chairperson, and (b) 8 ordinary members Then we have a rather bland statement: "who have, in the opinion of the Minister, experience of or shown capacity in matters...