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- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
David Norris: He was wrong on both. Senator Catherine Noone, in a thoughtful speech, lamented all the dreadful things that happen due to alcohol, and then she still seemed to think that an extra day's boozing was the solution.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I simply do not follow. They are boozing and will still be boozing at home. Open the pubs and one will find people boozing at home every weekend because of the price of drink in the pubs. This is the truth. They will continue to booze at home. What one needs to do is control-----
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
David Norris: -----the sale of alcohol in the supermarkets and look at planning permissions. I opposed the planning permissions in my area that led to supermarkets and every shebeen around the place. There is a joint down at the bottom of my road called Booze to Go. I wish to God it would go.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
David Norris: James Joyce never drank before 6 o'clock in the evening.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Then we had Judge Thomas O'Donnell's view that it was extraordinary that pubs could not open on the Munster rugby weekend. I am 73 years old. Rugby was never played on a Sunday in my day. Cricket was never played on a Sunday. Hockey was never played on a Sunday. What is there now? It has been turned into one totally bland year. There are 365 days, all the same. Ireland is being turned...
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
David Norris: That is because I squawked and protested. That is why it is, Senator McFadden.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I have concluded.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
David Norris: The Acting Chairman is very fair, but advice from the civil servants is wrong.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Nobody is blaming the Acting Chairman, but it is clear that the whole rostering situation does require to be looked at.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)
David Norris: They will be back.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Why has No. 1, statements on the migrant integration strategy, been dropped?
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I would like to send my sympathy to the Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)
David Norris: That explains it completely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I tabled legislation twice in this regard and it is listed on the Order Paper for Christmas weekend this year. However, I would like to raise a question about the Luas. Anybody walking through the city of Dublin can see the extraordinary disruption and mayhem that is being caused. As many others and I predicted over the past 20 years, the construction of an on-street tram network has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I do not think so but, as the Cathaoirleach will be aware, where there is one train, there will be another at 4.15 p.m.
- Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State and I congratulate her and the Government for its vision. I also pay my compliments to Senator Ó Ríordáin. I remember him speaking very passionately about this in the House when he was Minister of State. I myself have spoken about it on many occasions. Some 25 years ago I advocated the legalisation of opioid drugs and rather curiously, I was...
- Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Absolutely. Shrewsbury Road, yahoo. People can come and get their fix on Ailesbury Road. That is a very good idea. I do understand that where there are concentrations of drug addicts that is where the centres need to be. Supervision is vital. It has to be made clear that drug peddlers should be cleared out of the immediate vicinity. That is one of the problems we have in my area. I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Is there any indication of the approximate time the Companies (Accounting) Bill will be taken?
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I thank the Leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
David Norris: The Minister for Justice and Equality.