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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

David Norris: I did not hear it either.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

David Norris: He has been trumped.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

David Norris: She was quite right.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

David Norris: I had not realised that so many of my colleagues would refer to the death of William Trevor. I am very glad they did. I think it shows what a literate and cultivated House this is. I had the pleasure of meeting William Trevor approximately 25 years ago when I made a BBC television programme with Frank Delaney. He was a most modest, unassuming and charming man. He had a very sharply...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

David Norris: They said 2 million today.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

David Norris: It is 2 million. I originally heard 200,000, so the Leas-Chathaoirleach is quite right to mention that figure.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

David Norris: Right. It is bad enough having Trump, but the appointments he has made are deeply worrying. These are appalling people. Trump does not know the first thing about politics, as far as I can see.He said, for example, that for every new regulation introduced, two will have to be scrapped.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

David Norris: It does not say what they are. Some may need to be scrapped. It does not say anything about their relevance. It is just a kind of arithmetical thing. Then there is his idiotic tweet telling the British that they have to appoint Nigel Farage as ambassador to Washington. The sooner this creature comes down off the moon, the better.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: What are they filming there? "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: Politics is very confusing and contradictory. We have Bugs Bunny in the White House, the Famous Five in 10 Downing Street and Inspector Clouseau in the Élysée Palace. I was quite surprised to hear the leader of Sinn Féin on the wireless this morning complaining about the lack of action on the system of direct provision. I raise this matter in the context of the fact that in...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: Very little has happened.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: Very, very little has happened.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: I would welcome the opportunity to have a debate on direct provision. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on it in order that the matters in dispute between Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, whose work as a Minister of State I applaud, and I can be teased out. Very little has been done. The matter could and should be addressed and, with the impetus of Seanad Éireann...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: Come on.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: On a point of order and without being discourteous to the Minister, I will express concern that this information process has been very last-minute. We have only just received the groupings and working them out is complex. It is bad that we are getting them at the last minute. In the past five minutes, I have been told that three of my amendments have been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: It does not help the correct processing of legislation. I just wanted to enter that caveat first.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: I thought that it would be.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: Now, there is a question of sexuality for you.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: Has the Minister considered the debate on the last occasion in the House during which a very important point was made by Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill, that is, that there is a substantial difference between hedges that actually face the roadway and internal hedges? Road safety measures cannot in any sense be construed as leading to any treatment of hedges that are within the farmland and...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

David Norris: They cut them at the appropriate time. They have always cut them.