Results 5,701-5,720 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: More is the pity.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I welcome any interruptions people want to make-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: They are gratefully received.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I ask the Leader-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: -----to raise with the Minister for Finance the issue of retirement. People used to be able to retire at 65. A measure has now been introduced whereby they must go on jobseeker's allowance between the ages of 65 and 66. It is absolutely idiotic and makes a farce of the whole idea of jobseeker's allowance. People retire and are then told they must go on jobseeker's allowance. It is an...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I would like to raise another issue, which I ask the Leader to bring to the attention of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. I ask them to talk to the Israeli ambassador. There is a very fine museum in east Jerusalem called the Rockefeller Museum. It has been there for many years and has a wonderful library, a collection of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: It is not its business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: We are a 26-county republic.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I hope that in this instance Senator Norris will respect the international binding agreement and law of the Good Friday Agreement between the British and Irish Governments which extends, as of birthright, Irish citizenship to people in the North. I hope that we as a House will support these calls when they come before us next week. This is an issue of rights, equality and the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I want to ask the Leader about No. 9 of the non-governmental motions. I refer to the short motion that deals with the situation where the Bank of Ireland unilaterally withdrew facilities from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. The motion states: "That Seanad Éireann strongly condemns the Bank of Ireland for its arbitrary and undemocratic decision to close the accounts of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: The Iona Institute has never reported, as it is required to do, to SIPO. It has never done it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: It has not given any information whatsoever to SIPO even though it is required.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: As a member of the pro-life movement, which I am, I believe in life, I support life, I do not denigrate life so I am a member of the pro-life movement.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I completely reject the vulgar nonsense that Senator Mullen has been spouting.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: If we drained the swamp, Senator Mullen would be the first to go.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is an excellent amendment and it is very logical. Why should a developer who has stockpiled 100 units and not even put in a commencement order for them be given another planning permission before he or she has even started the process for the first 100 units? That would be idiotic. Let the developer get the first 100 started before he or she gets...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: Age before beauty.