Results 5,861-5,880 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: I will sit down and the Senator can make his interruption.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: I am not.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: Oh goodness. There may be some craft brewers but the major suppliers to the industry are-----
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: I beg the Chair's pardon. I will not only address the Chair, I will address its occupant. Multinational corporations have been carrying out extensive lobbying of Members of this House. Sometimes, they are clever in how they conceal their origins referring to "responsible drinkers" and all of that rubbish. No one believes it. They have stopped lobbying me because I used to send material...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: I am just telling the Minister of State that I hope she does not weaken on any of these amendments. I hope that she keeps to them. They are not enough but they are a beginning. I want to strengthen her hand. Of people questioned for the survey to which I refer, 74% were in favour of a ban on alcohol advertising on radio, television or anything else that appealed to young people. Well...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: The Acting Chairman has confined me. I am now sitting down. I thank him for his advice.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: I think the Senator makes an excellent point that needs to be made. It should be taken up by the GAA and the IRFU.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: But it does not say that "delete". That was left out.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: Just to establish, what I spotted was a defect and it will be rectified.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: The Seanad has done a little job today.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: What?
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: But it does not say that.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: I thank the Acting Chairman for the clarification.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: I think it was Senator Paddy Burke's suggestion.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: Comments have to be on the amendment that is being discussed.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: I would like to express my astonishment at what I have heard here today about "supply for the purpose of promoting the use of another service". I have never in my life been offered a glass of wine. I obviously go to the wrong barber or dentist.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: No. My nails have not been done for quite a long time, apart from my toenails to give the Senator a good kick. Although I have never heard of the practice that has been highlighted, I would be very glad if it were stamped out. I think it is a noxious idea. I was really disturbed when I saw in the interpretation section that "alcohol related merchandise" includes "clothing and footwear...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: What about borders?
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
David Norris: I understand the Minister of State's situation with regard to the Internet because it does cross borders and so requires international consultation. With respect to that amendment and several of the others, I very much welcome the Minister of State's attitude where she said that she understood the points made by Senators and will continue to consult and examine the situation. That is very...