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Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State. She is committed in this area, she has a track record and she is someone who actually will do something about it. It is an extraordinary situation. In the Victorian period, people took drugs all over the place and laudanum was rampant. It was at the instigation of the pharmaceutical industry that all this criminalisation came in. I want to fly a flag. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: It is rack-renting.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: What about me?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: So did Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: I am sorry. Which one?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: On behalf of Senator Boyhan, I propose that the Leader organises a debate with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, about the Shannon child abuse report. Senator Gavan has, in a sense, stolen my clothes because I was the first person to introduce this matter into the House a number of Parliaments ago-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: Yes, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: I have raised the question of direct provision over a long number of years. I actually prepared legislation on it, which has been introduced twice. It is on the Order Paper, so it could be moved at any time. This decision was interesting because it was a unanimous decision of the seven-person Supreme Court. As has been stated, the case was taken by a Burmese man who has been eight years...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: It could have had people working now if its members had not, in a dog in a manger fashion, removed their names. It was an area in which Sinn Féin had actually done an awful lot of work, for which I will give it credit. It had worked at the committees and had worked very hard but that is no reason for withdrawing its support. The reasons given in this House were totally specious. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: I thought the Cathaoirleach said cuteness. I thought it was a reference to Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: They are all following me.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: It should be abolished. It is rack-renting.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: On behalf of themselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: I ask the Leader to reintroduce my Bill in Government time.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

David Norris: I have been advised by Senator Boyhan, in whose name I proposed this amendment, that he is quite happy to wait until the Minister is available to the House tomorrow, so I am withdrawing the amendment on his behalf.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

David Norris: I unreservedly condemn the appalling massacre in Manchester but one must also ask where does this viciousness come from.It is not a natural part of human nature. One must, regrettably, remember the unspeakable massacre of civilians by the American bombing of men, women and children in Falluja. I rise today to express my regret at the closing of GLEN. It originally emerged from the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

David Norris: It is remarkable that I was the person who stopped both Elton John and Freddie Mercury - I did not know who they were - and asked them for their membership certificates. I pay tribute to Brian Sheehan in particular. He did a remarkable job. Kieran Rose also worked extremely hard, even though latterly he was a little foolish. He took me on in something he published in which he said I was...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

David Norris: I thank the Senator for that.