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- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: I have gotten rather deaf, I am afraid, so I did not quite hear my name. I thank the Leader for providing me with Private Members' time, in which I will introduce the National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017. It deals with the biggest problem to face this country, and people have not yet woken up to it. There will be an enormous number of people dispossessed from their homes by vulture...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is an extremely important Bill and I am relieved that it has been allowed in the Seanad because there were questions about whether it would create a charge on the Exchequer. I asked the Master of the High Court, Mr. Ed Honohan, who is largely responsible for preparing the Bill, if this was...
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: The lesser House.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: It is not.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: The French Prime Minister proposed it.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: It is a very good question.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: The houses are on the market.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: I actually-----
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: This debate is going to be a futile mess if Members insist on introducing partisan politics into it. I think that would be a disgrace.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: I am not talking about him, particularly.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: I am the floating voter.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: We need a Minister who stands up, faces down the Department of Finance and does not get bullied by it.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: A reduced debt.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: We do.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: It does.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: People have huge debts.
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: I do not want to be rude to the Minister of State. Will a copy of his script be supplied?
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
David Norris: It is the cornerstone that drove this country bankrupt.