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- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: Can the Leader spell out what is unconstitutional about the Bill?
- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: There was Bertie Ahern's make-up bill.
- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: He also wore mascara.
- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: The same thing Sinn Féin did with direct provision. They are all the bloody same.
- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State. I do not see how there would be a problem with leaving the Bill on the Order Paper. It could be amended or stopped and voted down on Committee Stage. Operating a guillotine which is what the Government is doing seems unnecessary, but there is nothing I can do about it, except to try persuasion. I hope reasonable voices will be listened to so as to ensure...
- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I see. By the end of next year.
- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: That means before the end of next year. At least we have extracted that amount of information from the Minister of State, for which I thank him. It is helpful. To be honest, I only heard about micro-beads in the past six months. I had no idea that there were tiny pieces of plastic used in everyday cleansing agents and so on. I am surprised and alarmed by this. Like other Senators who...
- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: No. The man behind me was very good.
- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: He was good.
- Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)
David Norris: It was Sinn Féin that removed its three Members because it was in the process of producing a Bill. It was another dog-in-a-manger issue.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: There is only the two of us here.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: We agree with each other.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: There was a period of mass executions in 1988 following the Iran-Iraq war when things were tense. It is really chilling to read the language with over 70 death commissions established. Moreover, some of the people principally involved in this are still involved at senior government level including Mostafa Pourmohammadi who is the current-----
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: -----Minister for Justice in Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet. Mr. Rafsanjani was also involved. I raised these kind of issues two decades ago with Rafsanjani when I met him in Tehran and he was not very amenable. A total of 30,000 people were killed. Amnesty International has issued a report. It has been condemned by resolution of the Canadian House of Commons. There is a signed...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I will be very brief.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I appreciate the Leas-Chathaoirleach's poetic nature.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I understand the Minister of State is not responsible but she might take this back to the Minister. She said that the Government has no means of authenticating the audiotape. Montazeri's family released the tape. I would have thought that is fairly good authentication. The Minister of State said that we will express our strong concerns. I am sure the Iranian Government will faint at the...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: If you believe that, you will believe anything.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
David Norris: I did not mutter.