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- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: Excuse me, Senator Healy Eames, I was on my feet first. Is it appropriate to use a word like "harpies"? Is that what Senator Mullen means by reasoned and respectful debate that he is always prating about?
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: How respectful is it to call people harpies?
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: That is a pretty low comment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: I think that is a pretty low comment from Senator Walsh. I think you should rebuke Senator Walsh, a Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: I think you should rebuke Senator Walsh for his comment about haemorrhoids.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: It does not sit well with the dignity of this House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: Senator Mullen does not want to close down the debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: There is an example of hypocrisy for you.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: Is that from RTE?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: What about Fianna Fáil?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: I also welcome the Minister of State, in particular in light of her recent difficulties. I spoke about the disgraceful behaviour of RTE and I continue to maintain it was rather like somebody setting a match to a house to show it was a fire risk. It was a dreadful provocation of criminal behaviour, the Minister of State was unjustly caught up in it and I sympathise with her. This Bill is...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: Hear, hear for Labour. What about Fianna Fáil?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)
David Norris: And Sinn Féin.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (9 Dec 2015)
David Norris: On a point of order, may I ask what is the purpose of this item on the agenda?
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (9 Dec 2015)
David Norris: The Minister of State addressed an audience of less than a dozen in the House. It is unlikely to be covered in the national media. I just wonder about the significance of making a statement to fewer than a dozen Members of the House.
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
David Norris: This seems to be a fairly technical matter. As I understand it "appointer" has been deleted from the main text of the Bill. Is that correct?
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
David Norris: So there is no need for a definition for somebody who does not take part in the Bill. That is fine. However, I will say this only once to the Minister of State. This whole Bill is dreadful in a sense. I do not blame the Minister of State. I blame the Department and the draftspeople. This is the third or fourth time we have had Government legislation with several hundred Government...
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
David Norris: Nonsense.
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
David Norris: It is not. Many of these are drafting amendments.
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
David Norris: It is all fiction.