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- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: The then Government lost their nerve at the very last minute. Finally, I was really rather saddened to see all of the lovely trees on Molesworth Street uprooted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I am not sure if a commercial company uprooted the trees. There has been a lot of office development. It is really astonishing that a commercial company can pull up a whole line of trees and leave blank spaces in the ground.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I cannot hear what is being said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Senator Craughwell is laughing himself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: They were both in the British Isles to coin a phrase.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I hope it does not happen.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: He is speaking from both sides of his mouth simultaneously.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: John Robb.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I am really a dual monarchist. Austria-Hungary was the model.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I most definitely am. An empress.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
David Norris: One can say whatever one likes about anything.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
David Norris: If the Minister of State does not accept this amendment, it will be perfectly obvious that she will not accept any amendments. The Government does not want the Bill to go back to the Dáil for this reason and, for that reason, I suggest we have a vote on the amendments and draw the matter to a conclusion. I have already given many reasons to show that one possible interpretation is that...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I am sorry, I do not wish to interrupt the Minister of State but could I ask for guidance? She referred to page 28. Could she tell us which line on that page? I cannot find what she is talking about. I apologise for interrupting but I would like to follow the argument very clearly.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I beg your pardon. Now the confusion has been cleared.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Zero is a number too.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
David Norris: Students are a very small minority on the governing body.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I support the Senator for the reasons she has stated. There is no point in regurgitating them ad nauseam. I have tabled an amendment for Report Stage along these very lines. It states: "To delete “to at least honours bachelor degree level". I have also tabled a related amendment, which will be another test for the Minister of State. This is a grammatical change and I am sure the...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
David Norris: I would be very happy. The Minister of State and I are both drama queens. We know that.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
David Norris: The Minister of State would too. She is an absolute star of the silent screen. The phrase "to an award to at least" is used in section 28(1)(a)(i). The second "to" is redundant; it should be "of". The phrase "at least 4 per cent are research students registered on a programme" is also used. This should be amended to "registered on a research programme" because without the second...