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- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Norris: You have to. Let us have a debate and we can all have our views on it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Norris: But not very honestly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Norris: First of all, I would like to second the amendment to the Order of Business moved by my colleague and friend, Senator O'Brien. I think it is quite extraordinary that Seanad Éireann cannot propose legislation for a referendum. This is one of the things that needs to be looked at. If there was ever a chamber, a reflective chamber, that was appropriate to the proposal for referenda, it...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Norris: I hope that in the forthcoming months, in the run-up to the next general election, there will be a commitment by all parties to a real and exhaustive examination of possibilities for reforming the Senate including allowing intervention with regard to financial matters and referenda. I would like also to take up this business of Ruhama and Turn Off the Red Light. It is time this kind of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Could the Senator interrupt a little more clearly? I could not hear what she said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Norris: I could not hear what you said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Read yesterday's edition of The Irish Times.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. I am suggesting that a group of middle-class people are pushing an agenda without actually realising what the situation on the ground is. Prostitution has been here forever. It may very well be regrettable but the Senator needs to face the facts and this needs to be operated in a way that looks after the welfare, the health and the safety and security -----
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Norris: He has been here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Norris: A total of 97% of the people of Ireland said the presidential nomination process should be broadened. Let us hear something about that instead of this tinkering away at the edges of situation. Let the Government for once fully address the central issues involved instead of endlessly tinkering around the edges. Could we have a debate on the Middle East? We had a very good one recently. I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Does the Senator have a point to make?
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Norris: I second the amendment to the Order of Business put forward by my colleague, Senator Quinn. I draw the attention of the House to a debate on Radio 1 at lunchtime on Saturday about gay marriage. There were three people opposing gay marriage and two, including Senator Zappone, supporting it. This seems to be odd. Even as an interpretation of the McKenna judgment, if one considers that 66% of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Nigeria: Ambassador of Nigeria to Ireland (4 Nov 2014)
David Norris: I welcome the ambassador, Dr. Ketebu. Through her, I wish to extend my congratulations to Nigeria on the very effective way it has fought against the spread of the Ebola virus. I note that, like me, she is a member of the Anglican Church. I am a regular attendee at St. Patrick's Cathedral and a former member of its board and synod. I am not sure what a Knight of the Anglican Church is but...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
David Norris: Why not just replace the Seanad with the committees?