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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: Another sentence ending with a preposition.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: From the point of view of grammar, section 50(2)(b) should read “in the case of judicial offices in the same court, different classes of business in that court with which it is reasonably anticipated a particular appointee to such office would deal" – ending with the verb. I am horrified by Senator McDowell’s reference to criminal lawyers and innocent lawyers and...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: Or judges in the criminal courts. Criminal judges is a horrifying prospect.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: The President of Ireland?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: Advertisement is not covered.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: I completely accept Senator McDowell's argument about the advertisement but I see nothing in his amendment about advertisement. If there is not time to table another amendment dealing with the question of advertisement, I recommend that the Senator tables it for Report Stage because it is a very important point.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: There was a lot of highly flavoured language involved.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: Whatever happened to the drunk tank?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: First, I second-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: The Senator need not bother. I second Senator Humphreys' proposed amendment to the Order of Business. I was not going to speak, but since the question of hospitals was raised, I will say that yesterday I was in St. Vincent's University Hospital and looking at the notices. Last year some 19,000 people failed to turn up for appointments, at a cost to the hospital of €1.5 million....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: Do not.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: They cannot all be successful.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: Healthcare assistants.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: Really. Very good.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)
David Norris: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b), I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)
David Norris: It is not Senator Buttimer's business to make such a remark.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)
David Norris: I dispute the statement that there is a landlord class. There are many different kinds of landlords, including huge institutional investors, individuals, pensioners and all the rest. It is not appropriate to say there is a landlord class. I can add a sentence or two of context. Last Monday, we hit two new national records. The first was the lowest number of dwellings ever offered to rent...
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)
David Norris: I have only a few more points to make. What do I get from a tenant who leaves my house in this condition and owing so much? I get only the deposit of €900. This is not the first time the property has been returned to me wrecked but it is the worst case. As the owner of a pre-63 house, I am saying that for landlords of such properties, the restrictive clauses contained in the...
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)
David Norris: I am seeking to give an indication of the volume of resentment that exists regarding these provisions. The proposed amendment contains a substantial refurbishment definition that is making it difficult for most and impossible for some to make any useful investment. Another correspondent writes:I could do substantial refurbishments, the first of which is the crazy 25% extra floor area, and I...