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- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: No, and it is not defined in amendment No. 159. It just says "perform the functions of a monitor", but it does not say what a monitor is. It could be a monitor lizard.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: There is no definition of "monitor".
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: Will the Minister give me the page number?
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: I thank the Minister very much and I am grateful for her guidance.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: It is still rather weak that there is no definition of "monitor". There is no definition of "monitor" in the Bill at all. That is not a definition of a monitor, it is a description of some of the activities.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: With respect, this is quite an important point and I am not filibustering on it. The section does not define "monitor", it says the monitor may attend and observe any meeting. It does not say anything about reporting back. It refers to performing the functions of a monitor under the section. I see nothing about reporting back or the duties of a monitor. It says simply that the monitor...
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: Does the legislation specify the making of recommendations? I may have missed that.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: I am afraid that we are not going to get anywhere with it. It is very vague and lacking in definition.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: In the definitions section, "chief executive" is defined, "committee" is defined and "complainant" is defined but the Minister does not define "monitor" anywhere.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: He is a monitor.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Dec 2015)
David Norris: I commend the Leader on this wise action.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I decline any proposals.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh, I appreciate your good wishes. I would like to send my good wishes to Bernard Hand. He is, as everybody has said, courteous and very knowledgeable. Anyone who has eavesdropped on the tours he gave of the House will know that. It is of course in the tradition of the ushers who, since the day I entered Leinster House nearly 30 years ago, have been very helpful,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I would like to raise one issue following on from what Senator Mullins said about drinking over the Christmas. I was listening to the wireless this morning and there was an item about the way in which the drinks companies are specifically and deliberately targeting young people. They are doing so with merchandise. It has been demonstrated by academic studies that children in possession of...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: In contemplating reform of the Seanad the provision which prevents the Seanad from creating a charge on the Exchequer should be removed. The Dáil could not possibly have made a bigger balls of the economy than it did under a previous Administration. Seanad Éireann, with its expertise, should be allowed to make suggestions in this area.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: I do not agree with these amendments. This is the typical public relations stunt to attack the salaries and pensions of Members of the Oireachtas. Whatever about the pensions of former Taoisigh, the pensions of former Members are not enormous by any means. Those who serve the country well deserve to be properly treated. Senator Kathryn Reilly spoke about relying on the goodwill of...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: All of their figures were wrong.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: The amount of money involved was piddling.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: They are the under body of the Senator's constituency.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
David Norris: Did the Senator say €65,000?