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- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)
David Norris: Yes, and that is precisely the point I am teasing out. If they do not have the right to dissent or if that dissent will lead to punishment, why give them that right in the first place? Why consult them? Why not just ram it through? The flaw in the argument, in my opinion, is that it suggests that democracy is discretional and that is a dangerous road to go down. Nobody would deny that...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)
David Norris: He says, very clearly, that it is not but I believe it is. We could argue about it all night. I am only a politician so I cannot be trusted. I am saying it now and will not speak again, but one never knows.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)
David Norris: I would not be jailed for trying to persuade the Government to introduce laws to change society-----
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)
David Norris: What would the consequence be of campaigning or voting to drive on the right hand side of the road?
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)
David Norris: If I was driving on the right hand side of the road, I might end up with a black eye.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: Why drag CIE into everything?
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: What about metering? Will the Leader transmit to the relevant Ministers the idea of putting-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: The Senator is a member of a party which neglected the matter over many years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: I am not as susceptible to the Cathaoirleach's blandishments as Senator Mooney is. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business because I do not want to take all Stages of this Bill and I do not give a damn what agreements were reached before now. I feel strongly about this because I was listening to the radio in my car on my way in and I heard how this Bill had been stuffed through the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: I am sorry. People are being given Irish degrees which have never been validated by the Medical Council, and they may be required to supervise torture. We should be careful before we validate degrees for doctors who may be coerced into torturing civilian protestors.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: My proposal is that we do not accept the Leader's suggestion to take all Stages today no matter what happens. I suggest we take only Committee Stage today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: I would like to decide it now, if the Cathaoirleach does not mind.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: It is now, because I have put it before the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: I am the new leader-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: And we have been told the remaining Stages will be taken as well. I am saying only Committee Stage should be taken today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: No; I am saying we should only take Committee Stage of this Bill today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)
David Norris: I prefer to decide it now. We have been told by the Leader that the order of the House is that we take all Stages today. I do not agree with the Order of Business; I want to take Committee Stage only. I am sure my amendment is in order.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs Services Provision: Motion (29 May 2013)
David Norris: The practice is much more important than the policy because that is actually what affects people.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs Services Provision: Motion (29 May 2013)
David Norris: Every single study shows that Down's syndrome children thrive in mainstream schools. We all accept that is really good for them. However, Down's syndrome children who have a mild disability have no access to the extra hours. That is regrettable, particularly because it is a change that came about in 2005. Before that, their disabilities were included as low-incidence disabilities. They...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Africa Week: Discussion with Value Added in Africa (29 May 2013)
David Norris: Would it be possible to make a suggestion?