Results 5,401-5,420 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: One cannot get a Dublin Bay prawn in Ireland nowadays.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: It is a return to the 800 years of brutal British oppression.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: The Minister is all sweet reasonableness. I believe the record should show that he is completely in command of his brief. He spoke just now without reference to notes and without consulting his advisers. On this, I commend him. It is obvious he has a clear and deep knowledge of the situation. However, I am little bit alarmed that the Minister said that in the 1960s, our fishing fleet was...
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Certainly.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Yes, but my point remains that it does not matter. Even if there were no fishing boats at all, it is still a natural resource belonging to the people of Ireland. I have to say I strongly support the Keating principles that the natural resources of this Republic belong to the citizens of the Republic.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I certainly did, yes, and I would still sustain that despite the fact the European Union and governments all over Europe and in the United States have betrayed the people by deciding their priority was to save the financial institutions and let the citizens go to hell. That is what has happened all over Europe and it is why there is such a rush to support people like Le Pen and Trump. I am...
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: The Minister is saying it could be.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: There is plenty of evidence of Spanish trawlers coming in all over the place.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: They are coming in anyway.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: They certainly are.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I thank the Minister. That was helpful. The Minister spoke about seeking the best provisions for the Irish fishing industry. In that case, perhaps he can explain to me why four named fishermen from different parts of the Republic of Ireland have decided it is in their professional interest to take this case to the Supreme Court? They obviously do not agree with the Minister that the...
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I thank the Minister. It will be interesting to read that but the moment will have passed because we will be voting today on this Bill. I thank the Minister for his courtesy and his knowledge of the situation but I do not agree with him. I am alarmed that vessels registered in Northern Ireland may not actually be Northern Ireland vessels at all. That is a real problem.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: That should be countered as well. I think it outrageous.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I thank Senator Humphreys for attributing to me concerns about slippery kippers, or whatever they were.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I never mentioned that at all but I am very happy to take credit for whatever anybody else says in this House, as long as it is sensible and well informed.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Tell them they can have this arrangement if there is a united Ireland.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Did.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Never mind.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
David Norris: If the Senator had come to my lectures, his English would have been grammatically perfect.