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- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)
David Norris: Go on. Senator Gavan is from London.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)
David Norris: First, I second the amendment of Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell. It is very important that the doctor who was in charge of the international inquiry into the death of Savita Halappanavar came to Ireland and said authoritatively and definitively that the eighth amendment was the cause of Savita Halappanavar's death. That is it, full stop, end of story. It was the cause. It is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)
David Norris: The Minister was excellent on RTÉ television last night. Well done to the Minister. Earlier this week, I commended the Pope on his gentle and loving words towards a young gay Chilean man. I have discovered since then that one of the Dutch cardinals has attacked him for heresy. I am altogether grateful to him for bringing to my attention the fact that one of his other complaints is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)
David Norris: I have to laugh at the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, and this blather about the Judiciary. The Judiciary is made up of thoroughly decent people. I do not know of a single instance of judicial corruption.It is old rubbish from the Minister, Deputy Ross. It is like saying we should establish a panel of lay people to pick Government Ministers.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)
David Norris: It is a bloody laugh.
- Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)
David Norris: They do.
- Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)
David Norris: So what if they were?
- Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)
David Norris: Hear. Hear.
- Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)
David Norris: Damn right there is nothing happening.
- Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)
David Norris: Oh God, I am weary of speaking about Palestine. I have been speaking about it for 30 years. I know the area very well. I had an apartment in Jerusalem for many years. My partner was an Israeli Jew who was an activist for Palestinian human rights. As a result he has been harassed, arrested, framed, jailed and he has finally had a stroke and not a bloody thing has been done. Just as in...
- Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)
David Norris: People are dying. People are being massacred by the Israelis. In the few seconds remaining to me I urge the Minister of State to stop waffling, for God's sake, and get something done.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2018)
David Norris: First, I join with Senator Conway-Walsh in expressing my horror at the brutal murder of two beautiful, young, intelligent women in this country. We recently passed the Domestic Violence Bill but that is obviously not enough when young women can be just randomly assaulted and killed in the suburbs. The second matter to which I wish to refer is child abuse within the Roman Catholic Church...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2018)
David Norris: What is it about?
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2018)
David Norris: I have two issues to raise today and they are related. The first concerns a woman jailed for contempt of court for refusing to surrender her house to a vulture fund. This woman has two teenage daughters. It is quite extraordinary to think no banker in this State has ever gone to prison yet we jail women with children for refusing to vacate their premises for vulture funds. I raise this in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2018)
David Norris: Is it already illegal? In that event, I ask that the law be enforced because what is happening is completely wrong and against the interests of the citizens. We do not want to fall into a trap whereby, once again, greedy developers precipitate a dangerous economic situation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)
David Norris: I second Senator Devine's proposed amendment.I would like to comment on the royal wedding. I agree with my colleague about this. The royal family are extremely popular in Ireland and always have been. I remember well when Princess Margaret was getting married and there was an electricity strike. The women of Ireland ganged up and forced the ESB workers back for two hours so that they...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)
David Norris: I am afraid I have not. Our connection with the royal family ceased with my late uncle but I am still devoted-----