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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: She is seated on the side of God.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: Really? She is in opposition? My God almighty.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I think I have heard everything now after this ruling that a Member from Fine Gael, the main Government party, is a member of the Opposition. "Ha, ha, ha" is all I can say.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: A Fine Gael Member is not a member of the Opposition until and unless he or she applies to be and leaves Fine Gael. It is complete nonsense-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: -----to say that Fine Gael is the Opposition - that the bloody Government-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: But you said that Senator Naughton was. Anyway I forgave the Leas Chathaoirleach. It does not matter a damn.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: It just highlights that the Order of Business is becoming increasingly a nonsense. Look at us here. There are half a dozen Fine Gael and Labour Senators, an Independent and two Opposition Members. It is a complete nonsense. We experimented with it, but the time has come to review the matter again. I strongly welcome the announcement by the Association of Catholic Priests that it will not...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: -----where the company is thriving-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: -----and should sustain a situation where people are properly compensated by their pensions. To hack off 60% of someone's pension when they reach their declining years is an obscenity. I do not think the State should stand over this. We have a 25% holding in Aer Lingus and we should step up to the mark and look after those people. If not, I hope the case goes to the European Court of...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: Bravo. Well done.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: That is absolute nonsense.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I will be putting that in my manifesto for the next election.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: This is an important day and I commend the Minister and my colleagues in Seanad Éireann on their powerful and emotional speeches, but I wish to give a signal of warning.The atmosphere in the House today is almost such that the referendum has been passed. It has not been passed. In my opinion, it is in the balance. It is not by any means certain that this referendum will be passed. It...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I withdraw the name of Bruce Arnold from the record. This man written articles in all of the national newspapers, all of which are rubbish but create an atmosphere of doubt and need to be answered definitively and authoritatively. In this pompous tirade circulated to the media this man states that same-sex marriage will be self-evidently void ab initioat the outset by virtue of the fact...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

David Norris: They are like of episodes of "Father Ted" when they come out and bleat about marriage because it is an institution about which they know sweet damn all. On the fifth claim that impotence or non-consummation could no longer be a ground for annulling a marriage, this is not the case. Non-consummation only renders a marriage voidable. In other words, it can be voided. It does not...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I wish to raise a matter that I have raised previously in this House. However, on this occasion I would like to ask the Leader if he would write directly to the Minister for Justice and Equality asking for clarification about the fate of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station.I raised this previously and I was given information that was inaccurate. I was told it was being refurbished for use as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

David Norris: He would be the one to recognise it. Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

David Norris: My God. I yield to the forceful woman.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I thank Senator Bacik for yielding so graciously. I will share my time with Senator Quinn, who has indicated that three minutes would be sufficient. I welcome the Bill. The Minister has quite rightly said, and I know this comes from the heart, that the starting point is the privacy and the best interest of the child. Everyone in this House agrees with this. She made reference to a...