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- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I thank the Minister.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: No, they are too gutless.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: The House is agreeable on this occasion to take Committee and Remaining Stages now because it is a simple, technical amendment to the primary legislation. Had it been anything more substantial, there would have been reservations.
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: What age is it?
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I thank the Senator.
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I thought we had stepped into a time machine for a minute.
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Senator Noone asked how children could be disadvantaged by the age being 16. It will happen by clever children from the same peer group managing to weasel their way onto the system and calling the other children "nincompoops". Senator Craughwell spoke of his agonies over what people said about him on Twitter. I do not do these things very much. I am glad to say that I am totally computer...
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Good. After I won celebrity home of the year, somebody tweeted that they were not f---ing surprised I lived in a f---ing palace after all the f---ing money I had bled out of the Irish taxpayer over the years. I tweeted back, "You ain't seen nothing yet, honey - wait till I gets me pension and I'm living on till 95."
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Perhaps it was the Minister who did it. That innocent look covers a multitude of sins.
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: The Minister would not be known as a red-hot roaring radical and he suggests the age of 13. I understand that it was as a result of a consultative process. We either accept the democratic element of a consultative process or we do not. It is important that we have an office in control of this area and to which one can appeal. The only significant question is what the practical effect will...
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I have been asked to filibuster so that there will not be a vote.
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I know that we cannot filibuster and it would be beneath me to do it. One has to ask what the practical impact will be of having one age or the other. If Members are convinced that 16 is right they should vote for 16. I have nothing against a vote. What is wrong with having a vote? If people believe 13 is the appropriate age, they can vote that way in line with their conscience. We all...
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: That is a fair question.
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I had no difficulty with my children.
- Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I am not good on acronyms. What is the SSM?
- Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate that.
- Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I am sorry for interrupting the Minister of State. I thank him for his very helpful explanation.
- Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Yes. I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State and I shall first discuss some elements of his speech. He said the Single Supervisory Mechanism has determined that Permanent TSB is carrying too many non-performing loans. That is an outrage. The Single Supervisory Mechanism is an arm of the European Central Bank, which is largely responsible for the mess this country is in, and they are unelected and...
- Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Hear, hear.