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- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: It was not.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: There was not a lot of that.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Absolutely. Senator Murnane O'Connor is a splendid woman.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: The Senator can.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: No, that is not-----
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: It is a get-out clause.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Yes, except in making the argument.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: We are not going to have a vote this time.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: First, I compliment the Minister on her intellectual agility. She says the Irish language is of critical importance. It is of such importance it is not mentioned once in the Bill. That is very important, indeed. In fact, I think I will have to sit down at the extraordinary impact of the importance of the Irish language which is not referred to at all in the Bill. Not once. The Minister...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Of course it does not, darling. Senator O'Sullivan's amendment does, however, and that is what I am talking about.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: No, I am not. Now here is another conundrum. Senator Coffey knows what I am talking about. He knows my intentions. God help us. He must be a product of Waterford technological university.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: We will have the niceness police now.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Let me turn to Senator Murnane O'Connor since she has so unwisely drawn attention to herself.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: She has faked moral courage. She persuaded Fianna Fáil to abstain and I salute her for it but, if I may pay him a compliment, the Acting Chairman was 100% right that she was wandering all over the place. She was nowhere near the amendment at all but I respect the fact that she was making a strong parochial case for Carlow. She ignored the substance of the debate which is about the ethos.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I have said many times during the course of the debate that I recognise colleges such as those in Waterford and Carlow because they have extended the range of activities way beyond the merely commercial and technological.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Would the Senator like me to sit down?
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I thought the idea of Trinity snobbery was done away with. Perhaps we should hear Senator Ruane on Trinity snobbery. Perhaps it is just-----
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Let me just say to the Minister of State that I have no problem with leaving in clauses (I), (II) and (III). Let me give her that concession. We will give her clauses (I), (II) and (III) because there is nothing wrong with them. They are absolutely fine. Let us leave in clauses (I), (II) and (III) but talk about the ethos as being one that "supports entrepreneurship, creativity, autonomy,...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: She would never get into my class.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Wrong background altogether.