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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

David Norris: On a point of order, will the Cathaoirleach point out to Senator Harte that I left the Chamber on Seanad business and am now back? I thank him for his concern for my well being.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

David Norris: This is the Senate, not a town council. Let me spell it, S-E-N-A-T-E.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

David Norris: If acceptable to Senator MacSharry, I am pleased to second his amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I formally second the amendment. I do so in what I believe is an impartial manner because I agree with Senator Bacik that this issue has been around for at least five years. The previous Government did nothing about it. Perhaps its way of dealing with the issue was to ignore it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

David Norris: That had a slightly humane touch to it in that it did not remove this important grant to the most vulnerable people in our society. The previous Government, of which Senator MacSharry was not a member and as such is not culpable in this regard, abolished the combat poverty agency and reduced the status of the equality authority. I recall previously saying in this House that we need a group...

Seanad: Readmission Agreements: Motion (26 Feb 2013)

David Norris: There is an Irish citizen who is currently imprisoned in Sri Lanka. I am not sure we should be agreeing anything with regard to Sri Lanka while somebody is illegally detained in the most disgraceful way. They are playing cat and mouse with us and treating the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and this country with contempt. I do not agree to that but I am not going to call a vote.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

David Norris: It is not fair.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I would like to express my solidarity with the people who are protesting outside the gates who work in the emergency services - the fire service, the ambulance service, medical people, nurses and so on. I would like if the Leader could request the Government to inform this House and the Irish people exactly how it expects people who are so hard-pressed already to find the money. They have...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Democratic Republic of Congo: Motion (21 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I move: That, bearing in mind:- the death of 5.2 million people over a ten-year period from war-related causes, the largest in any conflict since the Second World War; - the illegal occupation of the city of Goma by the militia known as M23; - the displacement of some 2.2 million people in the DRC; - the forced movement of thousands of people to neighbouring countries; - the 17-fold increase...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

David Norris: And death.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I am afraid the Taoiseach's heartfelt apology in the Dáil recently is in serious danger of being undermined. This relates to the comments of Senator Bacik. Apparently, officials from the Department of Justice and Equality have cast doubt on whether the Magdalen survivors would be included in the redress scheme because some of them have already been party to the residential institutions...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Where was she? Why was she not listening? Did she listen in recent months when Archbishop Michael Jackson asked for an inquiry? This article should be withdrawn and apologised for.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Hear, hear. I hope so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with British Irish Chamber of Commerce (20 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I have only been here for the past 50 minutes and will have to go because I am involved in the Bill going through the Seanad in Private Members' time. The members of the delegation are extremely welcome, as I am sure they have been made feel. The answers I heard were very clear and succinct, and what they have said to us is valuable. I am slightly concerned by the fact that this is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with British Irish Chamber of Commerce (20 Feb 2013)

David Norris: But Albert Reynolds-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with British Irish Chamber of Commerce (20 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I do not mind. That is an affectionate term of derision and not actionable. I am very careful about that because I am litigious myself. We should be pushing the idea that our health and safety authorities are superb. They were the first ones to spot it. Europe should be down on its knees thanking us. That is the positive angle we should put on it. We were the first to discover it -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with British Irish Chamber of Commerce (20 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Good.