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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Nov 2013)

David Norris: I wish to share time with Senator Quinn.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Nov 2013)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House. I do not envy her job. I think she is one of the two outstanding Ministers of the Government, the other one being Deputy Noonan, but I do not agree with him ideologically. I would not start from there, but then again I am a socialist. In fact, I would be tending towards communism and I think it is very important to put the people first. The live...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2013)

David Norris: The Bill providing for the referendum should be introduced in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2013)

David Norris: It is one thing to pay for water; it is another thing to pay for no water.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2013)

David Norris: Paid by the bank.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2013)

David Norris: That is a very good idea.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2013)

David Norris: I join with my colleagues in welcoming the fact that the Leader has undertaken not to guillotine the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013. This is extremely important. It will pose some difficulties for my colleagues on the other side, and I hope that on this occasion, it will be possible to defeat some of the worst aspects of this Bill, because I feel they are very damaging to the fabric...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2013)

David Norris: Thank you very much. I would not have been in the position to join in the slurpfest that greeted the Taoiseach. I would have felt a moral obligation to strike a discordant note because that is what Independents are for. They have to ask the awkward questions. We have won the referendum, but we have a huge job in front of us. That is illustrated for us today because I did not agree with...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2013)

David Norris: It is not just Fianna Fáil that is concerned.

Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)

David Norris: I thank Senator Quinn for sharing his time with me. I think we are just piddling around here, in a way, because if America goes over the cliff on Thursday, we are all banjaxed anyway. The entire international financial system is rotten. As I said on the Order of Business this morning, tens of thousands of people in Spain are being forcibly evicted, people in Portugal are starving and...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)

David Norris: I have a final point to make. I welcome the Government statement of intent to broaden the Seanad electorate by including graduates of all third level institutions. There is a need to examine the technical implications of that change, because it will create constituencies as large as those for elections to the European Parliament. Having said that, the proposed change is not enough. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)

David Norris: Senator Barrett is suggesting that we take the Bill today.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)

David Norris: I seek reassurance from the Leader that the people involved in the background construction of the budget were not those who got it so disastrously wrong regarding the figures appointed for what they thought the Senate cost, because they were way out. In addition, the Government parroted some of the left-wing assertions that only 1% of the people had a vote in the Senate but as there are...

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

David Norris: I certainly am.

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

David Norris: I join my other colleagues who have commended Senator Maurice Cummins for the integrity he displayed during the referendum. It is extremely refreshing to find this from somebody who has been placed in such a difficult position. Not everyone has been like this. There have been people parachuting in and out, indicating that their real desire - even during the referendum - is to get into the...

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

David Norris: It was the lowest referendum turnout.

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

David Norris: There are some very bossy people.