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Seanad: Community Courts: Motion (25 Feb 2014)

David Norris: Senator Barrett and I are sharing time. I welcome the Minister of State to the House, particularly because of his commitment to the inner city. It is very exciting, and I hope it is true, that we have the prospect of a community court as a pilot scheme in the centre of Dublin. I note there is no amendment to the motion and it will, therefore, be passed unanimously. I hope that strengthens...

Seanad: Community Courts: Motion (25 Feb 2014)

David Norris: I believe the situation in the country is improving a little. Some of the older Members will remember Nell McCafferty's newspaper articles, "In the Eyes of the Law", which described the appalling injustices that were done. Justice was handed down on a class basis. I do not need to rehearse the old cliché that 90% of the people in Mountjoy jail come from the same Dublin postal...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

David Norris: It is a little more relevant now.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

David Norris: There were 600 in total.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

David Norris: Oh good.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

David Norris: I call on the Leader to contact the Minister responsible - perhaps the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd - for Waterways Ireland. I am not sure if many people remember the Naomh Éanna, but there was a wonderful programme about it on Radio 1 which featured a speech by the late Seán Lemass. It was a proud moment when this then state-of-the-art boat was built in a Dublin dockyard and...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

David Norris: I have been called a misogynist in this House, but I would like to know where people are when there is real misogyny going on. If the apology made was sincere, the images would have been taken down off the Internet straight away. The fact they were not tells us how hollow the apology was.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: The last matter which I wish to raise is a rather more serious and less pleasant. It concerns the recent trip to Japan. I am sorry the Cathaoirleach is not here today because he is charged with defending the rights of Seanad Éireann. They were not defended and the Cathaoirleach was pathetically weak. I remember a situation before when I almost managed to get a Cathaoirleach removed...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: It is appropriate. If I do not get an answer to this matter, I will write to the Japanese ambassador to advise him of this insult to the Japanese Parliament. I know how they feel about these kind of issues of protocol.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: I want an assurance that this will never happen again and that the other House will keep its nose out. If someone like Deputy Emmet Stagg sticks his nose in again, I hope he will be properly told by the Cathaoirleach to bugger off.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: I, along with other Members, attended the opening night of "Sive" in the Abbey Theatre and it is appropriate that we congratulate our colleague, Senator Fiach Mac Conghaíl, on a magnificent production. This was the Abbey Theatre at its best; it was electrifying. There was no doubt it was world class. I had to laugh inwardly because many commentators and critics were moderate in their...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: All of us.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: Why is it that any time anybody blows a whistle, the Minister dumps a load of manure all over them?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: I am confident that anybody who opens his mouth will be shot by Shatter.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

David Norris: Well done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Housing in Developing Countries: Habitat for Humanity (19 Feb 2014)

David Norris: Or all those on social welfare. I face the reality of what I see every day. I have always believed in speaking the truth and do not care a damn whether it causes trouble. There are three recommendations which seem to be perfectly reasonable and in tandem with the objectives of the Government and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. I have no difficulty with any of them. It would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Housing in Developing Countries: Habitat for Humanity (19 Feb 2014)

David Norris: It does not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Housing in Developing Countries: Habitat for Humanity (19 Feb 2014)

David Norris: It was the Greeks.