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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: Yes, that is fine. That means the Bill will be delayed.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: Do Senators want to vote for Senator Quinn’s amendment?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: It is a question of whether Senators want to vote for Senator Feargal Quinn's amendment.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: If the amendment is defeated, we get another vote.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: If we vote for Senator Quinn’s amendment and it is accepted, we will have succeeded in deferring the referendum for three months.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: If it fails, we can vote again. Is that right?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: Yes.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: That is not what the Cathaoirleach said the first time.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: Yes.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: Of course it does.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: What about the following? The amendment is very clear. It is not just deleting but actually deleting and substituting. Why can we not address this amendment?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: We are not, because the Cathaoirleach has left out a substantial portion of it.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: No. I demand a proper explanation. The Cathaoirleach is refusing to put a legitimate question. White, Mary M.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: The people expressed a view on Seanad reform in the 1979 referendum, but nothing was done about it.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: Why is the Government forcing people to vote for the extinction of the House? The word "referendum" does not appear in the explanatory memorandum at all and only once in the Bill itself.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: We know that.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: The public is being swindled.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: He needs interruption. Seeking to destroy this House is an act of violence and the Minister of State is talking rubbish.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: Yes, let the people decide, and let the Taoiseach meet me in debate on television or some other public forum. I will take him to pieces. Of course he has not answered the letter in which I issued that challenge to him.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

David Norris: Why?