Results 8,401-8,420 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
David Norris: Without discussion, again. That is what it said on the Order Paper I got.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
David Norris: We should be discussing it, particularly in the light of the fact-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
David Norris: It does not matter. We should be discussing it because these are very serious appointments. The Equality Commission was sabotaged by the previous Government with the able assistance of some of the people who are now being reappointed, including the gay one. We have an excellent new commissioner, Ms Emily Logan. We certainly should be discussing the matter. I look forward to taking up the...
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: No.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: The Minister of State never heard me knock rural Ireland.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: I have a meeting with the Palestinian-----
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: Go on then.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: They would be involved in contravention of the licence.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: What about when the licence is contravened? That is in section 26(1). It refers to when the licence is contravened.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: For the replanting process it would be a help to start with the preservation of the acorns.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: Can we get on with the amendment?
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: The first amendment is a simple one with which we are all familiar - "may" and "shall". We have been at this hammer and tongs for the 30 years or so that I have been in this House. "May" is very weak and "shall" actually instructs the Minister to do something. Lines 37 and 38 of the Bill are indeed, as Senator Barrett as said, extraordinarily weak. Let us analyse them for a moment. "The...
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: His Government does not.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: I can say something, though.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: I indicated, and you nodded at me.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: I indicated before that.
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: If I might just-----
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: I understand that. It is a genuine confusion. I understand the Minister of State did not accepted any of the 40 or so amendments that were tabled on Committee Stage and does not propose to accept any today. That seems to be largely because this is a Dáil Bill and it would have to go back to the Dáil. I said this to a Minister last week and he accepted this was the case. It is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)
David Norris: Partisan politics-----