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- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: With regard to the university constituency, I do not believe it is elitist but frankly, I would not give a fishes' tit if it is or not. It would not cost me a bother. If one wants experts, one gets experts and one does not get them ploughing around in the ditches of County Wicklow or elsewhere ---
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Some 70% of young people in Ireland go to university now so how elitist is that? It is just a lot of populist tripe.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Ties, records and bottles of whiskey.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: They are fighting their own parties.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Not here.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Are there any Members of the Seanad on it?
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: It is not.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Try being elected in a university in Dublin. It took me ten years to be elected.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Vote for my amendment.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Yes. Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: We should rename it the flying island.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Then sit down.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: The Minister referred to the difficulties in administering an election with an electorate of 2 million. However, what about the difficulty in the case of the university seats where the electorate has been expanded to almost 1 million? What about the difficulty in keeping that register and managing that election? It is complete and utter nonsense. We should keep in mind that the referendum...
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: On a point of order, could I ask the Minister of State to point out where this is in section 2? I do not see this in section 2. I am looking at it and I am sure it is there, but I would like the Minister of State to point it out to me.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: I am just looking for information from the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Thank you very much, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: I do not have a prepared statement but I would like to put on record a couple of matters. As Senator Zappone has said, I have spoken and campaigned for Seanad reform over the last 30 years and more. When the proposal to abolish Seanad Éireann was launched, I and a number of other people met outside in the ante room to get a committee going and so on and so forth. We were on the way to...
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
David Norris: It emerges from two people and their hired lawyers. The title of the campaign was "Democracy Matters". Well, it did not matter that bloody much to them. I have to say these things. We have to talk this Bill through. I am not in agreement with a lot of it. In fact, I am strongly in disagreement. However, I will leave my remarks at that. I feel very strongly about this. I did not speak...