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Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and the Bill, as it is important we maintain the high standards in this area. We should also keep the lines quite clear in certain areas. I have had an interest in the matter for quite a long time. Over ten years ago I took part in a UN delegation to Thailand and was the chief author of a report on the trafficking of children and adults for...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Yes, because Ireland is not allowed to set a minimum price, thereby allowing one to sell below cost. Moreover, one can engage in any kind of advertising gimmickry because the European Court of Justice was swayed by the tobacco industry. This decision was forced through and the Minister should talk about it to his colleague, the Minister of Health, Deputy Reilly. I was furious about this...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Natural resources?

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House but I do not welcome the Bill. I have a good deal of sympathy for the Minister because I think he is in a bit of a bind here. I would like to ask him to break free of it, if he possibly can. We ought to acknowledge, however, the difficulties that Ministers like Deputy Howlin are under with the troika, the EU and the ECB breathing down their necks. It is...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear. What about the €17.5 billion that the Europeans swiped from the NPRF?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: RTE was not directly responsible for that, in my opinion. It was the farmers organisations themselves and Pieta House who made that ---

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: --- point. RTE simply broadcast their views.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: As long as they can do it that is what they will get.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: I am. By God I am. I most certainly am. I am sure everybody in this House would want a debate because this is a Parliament elected by various means. The other House is another part of our Parliament. We are not allowed to say anything. The bankers who have led us into this slaughterhouse are still dictating to us. I find that grossly offensive, immoral and probably unconstitutional. A...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: I am sorry. I will end on this point. I believe that at some stage some citizen across Europe will drop a match on the floor and the whole bloody thing will go up, and it cannot come soon enough as far as I am concerned.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

David Norris: I agree with Senator Bacik's comments on the French vote. It will become the 14th state to accept full gay marriage, which is greatly to be welcomed. As for the Constitutional Convention, despite the best efforts of reactionary forces, which in my opinion discredited themselves, if one distributes the undecided vote, the actual vote was well over 80%. While I consider this to be very...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Are we dealing with today's Order of Business or last week's?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

David Norris: The word "abuse" is not right. I do not believe that Senator Bacik abused her position and I ask Senator Healy Eames to withdraw it.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

David Norris: Senator Healy Eames should not claim that the Deputy Leader abused her position. This is ridiculous.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

David Norris: She did not.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

David Norris: We wake up at last.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

David Norris: I completely agree with my colleague, Senator Mullen, that the Government's approach to legislating on the abortion issue is completely unsatisfactory. I say this because the issue of health is not being addressed as part of the process. I refer, in particular, to situations where young girls might be the victims of incest or rape. It is absolutely unconscionable that people should try to...