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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

David Norris: He has a difficulty in finding banks.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

David Norris: I join my colleagues who have objected to Irish military involvement in Operation Sophia. It is an erosion of our neutrality by stealth. It is a disgrace that the legislation is being introduced in the other House and I hope it will be roundly defeated. It is not good practice to rush a Bill through all Stages and I have always maintained this position. It is true of the Rugby World Cup...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

David Norris: Did I not say "sport"? I apologise. As Marian Finucane says, "and whatever you're having yourself."

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

David Norris: As I had a hospital appointment yesterday morning, I missed the Order of Business and therefore did not have an opportunity to congratulate our colleague, Senator Buttimer, on his engagement. I would like to take this opportunity to wish him and his spouse every happiness in the future.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

David Norris: I will.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

David Norris: I will laugh like a drain.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

David Norris: A bit of a socks-up will help, will it?

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

David Norris: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I also welcome the Minister to the House. He says that there is nowhere to bring waste. In that case, I wonder why there was such fuss about the incinerator. Surely the incinerator is a place which has been added into the regime where one can bring waste. I am glad the Minister is introducing a pricing watchdog but it is, to a certain extent, a fig leaf....

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

David Norris: It is. I apologise to the Minister. There are approximately half a dozen firms in my area. They are up and down the street at all hours of the day and night regardless of whether people are trying to sleep. Some of these firms are crooks. Does the Minister remember when there was gang warfare? It was like the mafia. They were burning our each other's lorries in car parks. These are...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

David Norris: I congratulate the Leader.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

David Norris: I also welcome the Minister of State and his advisers to the House. There have been changes since the last debate and there was an attempt to add names. However, anyone who reads the debate will see that it is not necessary to have one's name on every amendment. There are those of us who contribute passionately and will be regarded by the interested public as having taken a significant...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

David Norris: It is very useful that the present Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, was the Chairman of the committee that produced the report and is familiar with the situation. It is worth pointing out that the report did recommend, as I understand it, the inclusion of a definition. That is the first point. The second point is that the Minister of State stated he is interested in waiting until we get...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

David Norris: I wonder if I might come back in later because there is one small matter that I left out of my contribution.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

David Norris: Yes, but it is crucial to the Bill.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

David Norris: I notice a little trend, almost implied, that domestic violence is universally and uniquely by men against women; it is not. There are much smaller numbers, but there are numbers. To my mind domestic violence is always violence, irrespective of whether it is by a man against a woman, a woman against a man, a man against a man or a woman against a woman. We need to bear that in mind in our...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

David Norris: Does the United Kingdom example not show that it is possible?

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

David Norris: I move amendment No. 3:In page 8, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“5. (1) In determining for the purposes of this Act whether or not to grant a relevant order,the court shall have regard to all of the factors or circumstances that it regards as relevant to the applicant concerned and his or her family.(2) The factors and circumstances referred to in subsection (1) shall...