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Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

David Norris: As the Cathaoirleach has asked me, I will abide by his request.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

David Norris: I did, but then the veil was lifted from my eyes.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

David Norris: I refer to the death of a former Deputy, Monica Barnes, who was not a Member of this House. I do not think there will be formal-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

David Norris: I see; therefore, there will be the possibility of formal statements being made. She was a very old friend and I express my sympathy to her family.She was a remarkable woman. She was very maternal. She was one of the founders of the National Woman's Council of Ireland, NWCI. She held passionate views which she expressed strongly but she was never nasty. There was not a nasty bone in her...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

David Norris: I see.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

David Norris: Thank you.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)

David Norris: Thanks to Tony Gregory.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)

David Norris: No, it is thanks to Tony Gregory.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)

David Norris: It was Tony Gregory's idea.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House. On this occasion, I am going to have the pleasure of agreeing with him again about the Bill. He sometimes complains that I do not agree with him enough. One of the things about Laois people is that we disagree in the most intellectually fertile way. This is a very welcome Bill which has been a long time coming. To my good friend and colleague, Senator...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)

David Norris: She established the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, after a series of debates in Dáil and Seanad Éireann. In the Dáil Tony Gregory, from whom the idea originated, spoke about the necessity to bring together the Garda, Revenue Commissioners and social welfare. It was only after the death of Veronica Guerin that that happened. I said at the time that I knew the Government would...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)

David Norris: Thank you very much. People have complained for a very long time that nobody goes to jail, loses his or her job or has to pay a fine for white-collar crime. The Bill will ensure that at least some of them may face this prospect. It was a long time coming. The general scheme of the Bill was introduced in 2012. What has happened in the past six years? It is updating legislation which goes...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

David Norris: Good idea.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

David Norris: First, I wish to pay tribute to Vicky Phelan. She is a most extraordinary woman. I was tremendously impressed by the courage and grace she displayed in facing ultimate realities. It is a very difficult problem. I have listened to various eminent consultants talking on radio and television and giving different points of view. One must accept that these types of tests are by no means...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

David Norris: What is difficult to understand is why, when confronted with this situation, no provision was made to develop this capacity rather than outsource. Finally, it is intolerable in 21st century Ireland for Vicky Phelan to be sentenced to death by bureaucracy, just as it was utterly wrong for Susie Long in Kilkenny to be sentenced to death for poverty. She did not get the appropriate treatment...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

David Norris: In that case I wish to second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Humphreys, to take No. 14 on the Order Paper.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Short-term Lettings Bill 2018: First Stage (2 May 2018)

David Norris: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

David Norris: There are not many.