Results 8,101-8,120 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: It defers it.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: It is not.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: My goodness me.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: I do not care whether the Senator has finished.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: Wow.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: It is not up to the Cathaoirleach to interpret the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: Please make him shut up.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: I wish to ask the Cathaoirleach a direct question because I am puzzled by his ruling. Three amendments have been tabled by Senator Fidelma Healy Eames, each of which is absolutely identical. However, only one of them has been ruled to be in order.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: I simply do not understand.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: You should do so.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: I am sorry, but I do not accept the comment and want a reason for it. I want to know - I think the House does too - why an amendment can be ruled to be in order, while precisely the same amendment has been ruled out of order. I want to know why.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: Why? There was no reason given.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: They were ruled out of order but they were the exact same.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: This is a complete farce; it is a nonsense.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: Why were the other two amendments which were identical not deemed to be in order?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: They were identical.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: It is as if the Cathaoirleach is saying, "sit down and shut up because I have made my ruling." That is not democracy. We need to know why the amendments were not acceptable.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: I am sorry, but the reason given applies to this amendment just as well. It is utter nonsense and the Cathaoirleach has treated the House with contempt.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Norris: On a point of order, why did the Cathaoirleach rule that two of the three amendments would create a charge on the Exchequer but the third would not?