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Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

David Norris: It is not.

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

David Norris: It is not in Standing Orders.

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

David Norris: I support this amendment. Three months seems like quite a short time. I take it that there would be no requirement to take account of the operation of the Bill. It is not dealing with the operation of the Bill; it is dealing with the problem of people having an addiction to gambling. I support that strongly. I imagine that the Minister of State will support it too.

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

David Norris: The Senator is relatively unimpressed with the good news.

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (29 May 2019)

David Norris: I commend my colleagues, Senators Mullen and Freeman, on placing this most important matter before Seanad Éireann. It is a very significant issue that we in this country must face. When I ran for the Presidency in 2011, I isolated three main planks, the first of which was mental health. I visited Pieta House and various other institutions and was impressed by the work being done. No...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: Was the Cathaoirleach taken off the register?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: They gave me a wife.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: The marriage was unconsummated.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: Thanks to me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: Deputy Kehoe is the Minister for Defence.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: Is he not? Nobody tells me anything in this place.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: How does the Senator know he has not done so?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: Did the Senator say Senate elections? When? Why am I still here?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: Trinity College does not. It is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: It is the same in Dublin.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

David Norris: At one penny an arm.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

David Norris: I wish to speak to the section.