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Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Vótáil.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: As Béarla, más é do thoil é.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: On a point of order, could the Leas-Chathaoirleach reassure me that the House has a quorum?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Senator who?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: I am not in Fine Gael.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: It is nothing like a serious debate. It is a farce.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Nobody asked it.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Can I have medical assistance? I have had a stroke. I heard all of this yesterday. I am going back in time.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Thank you. I will make another one.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Exactly. This is the point I am trying to make.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Yes. I think this is a terribly tedious debate. One would want to be brain dead to listen to it. We heard it all yesterday.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: It is now 3 p.m. We are still discussing amendment No. 1 after three and a half hours.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Will Senator Brennan speak more loudly? I cannot hear a word of his response.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: I am sorry to interrupt my distinguished friend, who did so generously yield, but I am concerned that not sufficient of my colleagues are here to gather up the pearls of wisdom that are being so profusely spread on the floor of this august Chamber.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: We can continue when we get a quorum.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: On a point of order, while I find this debate immensely entertaining, diverting and enlightening, I regret that so few of my colleagues are here to be enriched by the experience, so can I ask for a quorum?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: Do we have a quorum?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: What is a quorum?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Norris: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven----