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- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: I was told one minute.
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: The Acting Chairman held up one finger.
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: I have said, more or less, what I wanted to say and shall end with the following. In my opinion it should not be the strategic interests of either Russia or the European Union but that of the ordinary people of Ukraine that should be protected because they will have to pay the price at the end of the day. It is they who should be protected whether they are Russian speaking, Ukrainian...
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: Three quarter minutes.
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: With the permission of the House, I would like to share two minutes of my time with Senator Sean D. Barrett. I welcome the Minister. I am sorry he was not here a little earlier because, as a former Member of the House who had opposed the retention of the Seanad, I am sure he would have felt the people were right had he seen the Bill, initiated by Senator John Crown, one of our leading...
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: Without wishing to be discourteous or to interrupt the Minister of State’s flow, is a copy of the speech available?
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: I do not have it but perhaps my colleagues have.
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: Not at all.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: He is fuming.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: I agree with my colleague regarding government. The Bills Office would probably confirm what we all know - that there is a kind of constipation throughout the session and at the very end there is an effluxion or diarrhoea of Bills all over the place. Everyone suffers because of this. This is a departmental problem, not necessarily just in the Department of Health. Why is it that here in...
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: A predecessor of his described his Department as Angola. The Minister has courage. He took on one of the most vicious lobby groups on the planet, the tobacco industry. He deserves a Victoria Cross for that alone. I have tabled a privacy Bill. The Government has a privacy Bill but is absolutely terrified to move it because of the damage the media can do to it.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: I know, but I am talking about courage and moral courage, which is very important. The Minister has shown great courage and this is a very serious Bill. I am entertained and delighted to see that snuff is not included. In some of the shops near me they still sell snuff. It is such an engaging and antique habit-----
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: I have concluded from a detailed reading of the Bill that if one’s chauffeur has his children in the front seat, provided there is a glass wall, the passenger in the back can smoke a cigar.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: They do not have many flowers in Roscommon apart from the Senator himself.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: That is very generous.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: I concur with Senator Barrett. I have been a sometime smoker. While these are not my words, I defend my right to use them if I felt like it. A well-known English writer described how she was in London and she was driving. She dropped her cigarette, as she said herself, on to her fanny and nearly crashed the car. I had the experience of dropping it on to my fly and one wants to get rid of...
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: I just want to make a brief contribution. I welcome the Minister. There is very judicious collaboration between Senator John Crown and the Minister in producing the Bill which I very much hope will go through because it is very important because children are so vulnerable. A motor car is a much more confined environment than even a room or public bar. I have no doubt that there are...
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
David Norris: Tá an Ghaeilge go flúirseach ag an Aire.