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- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
David Norris: In that case I fully support the amendment because it seems to me that this is the where the crucial matter lies. Policy is one thing but sometimes a Bill is not signed by the President or it is delayed on Report Stage in the Dáil having been through the Seanad. What is crucial is when a measure is working on the ground. One can imagine the tobacco companies, for example, coming in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)
David Norris: A Fine Gael–Sinn Féin coalition; what a prospect.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)
David Norris: Marina.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)
David Norris: We have not seen that yet either.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)
David Norris: I am appalled by the action of the ECB in issuing moves and statements that are directly intended to intimidate the Greek Government. The people of Greece have spoken and they should be listened to. It is utterly disgraceful that countries like Ireland and Portugal are not standing in solidarity with Greece but are actually doing our best to sabotage them because they know that if the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: I welcome the Acting Chairman, and I welcome the Minister of State; I am in a very welcoming mood. I am in flight, so to speak, between committees but I have tabled amendments to this legislation so I thought it would be rather impertinent of me to table amendments without addressing any of the issues in a Second Stage speech. I welcome this development and compliment the Minister of State...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: I support sending a letter of condolence, but I would put a little rider with it. As I said in the Seanad this morning, the Jordanian response is also questionable because they executed two people who had nothing whatever to do with that attack. They were collateral damage, and that is regrettable. Obviously, people want to have a response and to show they are not powerless, but this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: They reported it extensively.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: Yes. I am suggesting it as a rider.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: Could I suggest, in the light of the Chairman's remarks, that if we are sending a letter to the Jordanians, we should surely send one to the Japanese as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Bilateral Relations and the Activities of Boko Haram: Ambassador of Nigeria (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: I welcome the distinguished ambassadress but will ask her some questions she may find challenging. She spoke about hate speech and outlawing it under the Abuja Accord but from the reading I have done, everything she has said about Boko Haram would be felt by gay people in Nigeria about the Government, given the publication, passing and signing into law by President Goodluck Jonathan of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Bilateral Relations and the Activities of Boko Haram: Ambassador of Nigeria (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: It also prevents people joining organisations or supporting gay rights.
- Seanad: Overseas Development: Statements (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: I will not need them because I am on my way to another meeting, but I felt it important, as my group's representative on the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, to come to the House and say a few words, and I do have some concerns. First, I welcome the Minister of State. He is a decent, hardworking, intelligent, good-hearted man and a principled politician, and that is exactly...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: They are seeking justice.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: Bond banks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: Exactly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)
David Norris: Like your own institute.