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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

David Norris: If we hear him out-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: I have just a brief comment on the Brexit budget. I was pleased to see - very late in the day - some moves from Government to alleviate the situation in which vulture funds came into this country and took up enormous numbers of distressed loans while the individual loan holders were given no opportunity whatever to bid for their own loans. These funds made hundreds of millions of profit...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: He would fight with his own shadow but it was not his own shadow that he fought with. He fought notoriously with taxi drivers all over the city of Dublin and the sparring matches on "The Late Late Show" with one of his companions were one of the features of the early days of the programme. Ulick O'Connor, who has been quiet for the past couple of years and who was nearly 91 when he died,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: No, my epitaph is going to be: "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep."

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: He should still be here.

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: I welcome the support of Senator Warfield. I am not sure he was aware of this matter until I asked him to stand for a vote. To be quite clear about it, there is nothing whatsoever on this subject in the printed text of the Minister of State's speech. He added some impromptu remarks on it, perhaps when he saw that two gay Members of the House were present.

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: Yes. I am certainly impromptu. I do not read my speeches, but I am going to read a few things into the record. This is not acceptable. I am going to set out why it is completely unacceptable. The draft heads of the Bill suggested that there would be a resolution to the issue of gay male couples not being entitled to adoptive leave or benefit. As it stands, only single male adopters or...

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: I do not accept what the Minister of State says.

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: I ask the Minister what happened to pages 36 and 39-----

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: -----which were in the Bill in July.

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: What happened to them? The Minister of State has not answered that.

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: It is an absolute disgrace. He is giving the same excuse-----

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: -----he gave three years ago. It is not good enough and it does not wash in this House.

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: More will be on the record because I am going to say more. I am fed up with inequality in this country.

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Norris: Can I point out that there is not even the possibility of an amendment to this Bill being taken in the House today? It is a complete disgrace and I am leaving the Chamber in protest.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

David Norris: Is it a pie or a cake?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

David Norris: Senator Mark Daly should continue to speak, without interruption.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

David Norris: And in the Seanad.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

David Norris: I do not intend to say very much about Brexit but I will say that Mr. Johnson's non-paper is a non-starter and a non-event. Every word out of his mouth brings a united Ireland closer.I am not averse to that. Belfast is a rather nice little city and it would be good to have it back. Following the very good debates we had on screening for genetic disorders, I have been preparing legislation...