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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

David Norris: I utterly condemn the atrocious murders of a young Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist who was motivated by service to the community. These events continue to spark off Islamophobia on the one hand and anti-Semitism on the other. They are an inevitable by-product of British and American meddling in the Middle East. If one kicks a wasp's nest, one can only expect to get stung. There...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Misconduct Allegations (4 Feb 2015)

David Norris: I, too, welcome the Minister of State. This matter deals with the tragic case of a brilliant, attractive, talented young man who met his death some years ago, to the immense and continuing distress of his entire family. He took his bicycle out for a run and was knocked down by a Lithuanian heroin addict who had between 40 and 50 convictions for drugs offences and larceny on both sides of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Misconduct Allegations (4 Feb 2015)

David Norris: I thank the Minister of State. I have just seen this and there is some movement. I would make three points. I recognise that the Minister of State cannot answer because she is not directly concerned with them but I ask her to convey these points to the Minister directly and ask her to contact me. The first point is the statement that the panel were selected on the basis of their...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Misconduct Allegations (4 Feb 2015)

David Norris: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: We are making progress.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: ----- and something that can be discerned by a doctor. One does not diagnose health, one diagnosis illness. To require a transsexual or transgender person to produce a medical diagnosis is clearly tantamount to saying he or she is ill. I do not think that is so. There was a stage when many people thought these people were in the immortal words of former councillor Ned Brennan "funny...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: It has not happened to me yet and I am 70, but it is diminishing with every year.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: Maybe I am growing out of it. Maybe I will be completely out of it by the time I am 95.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: It is instructive that we have such a distinguished Member of the Government side speaking on this issue. I noted in my speech on Second Stage that there was no definition of "medical evaluation", which I thought would have been crucial for the correct operation of this Bill. I did not put one down because I do not approve of it at all. It seems to me that this is part of the...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: Does that mean all the amendments are withdrawn?

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: I do not wish to interrupt my colleague, but what amendment are we on now? I am trying to-----

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: I am the only joker in the back.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: I was joking.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: There are only two fairies.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: Good man.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: We are debating an amendment.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: I will be reasonably brief, because it is clear that the Minister of State will not accept the amendments. However, he is not quite so clear on whether he will not consider the matter for Report Stage. I urge him to do so. This is a radical series of amendments, but "radical" just means that it goes to the root of the problem. It comes from the Latin radix, meaning "root". We should be...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: It did not drive me insane.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

David Norris: I enjoyed it.