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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Allied Irish Banks is just as bad, and thank God we have seen the last of the damned and blasted Anglo Irish Bank, which I said three years ago the Government should finish off with a quick blow. If it had done that we would not have thrown ¤38 billion down the drain. It has sold the past, as far as I am concerned, and I hope we will have another opportunity to debate this measure. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: That precludes the hypothetical discussion that they are non-existent, as the Senator should know.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: The Labour Party capital.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: One can tell that he wanted the contingency now so that he would have an advantage over someone.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: God protect us from-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Carp.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Ryanair is once more attempting a hostile takeover of Aer Lingus. Mr. Michael O'Leary is a very clever and competent business man, but this is nothing other than the calculated dismemberment of our national airline. Ryanair started as an Irish airline but it is now a multinational concern, with all the voracious appetites that, perhaps appropriately, go with this. It is quite extraordinary...

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I do not think I could survive 200 votes per minute. The g-forces would be too much for me. I am far too elderly. It is unconscionable to move at 200 mph.

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: Let the record show there is unanimous agreement for the motion.

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: We were waiting for the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I beg your pardon. I will finish with one final sentence. I encouraged and incited my colleagues to rebel but they would not. There was always one quisling who could not wait to rush down to be the good boy or girl who validated the committee. We have the power to put manners on them and increase their respect for us. I wonder if this would be good because, constitutionally, committees...

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I move: That Seanad Éireann hereby declares that the Order of Business of Seanad Éireann, save in exceptional circumstances, shall take precedence over other business of the Oireachtas and that consequently Senators shall not attend meetings of Committees of the Oireachtas until the Order of Business is concluded in the House.I welcome the opportunity to discuss this motion which states...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: On a point of order, the Leader referred to Members' constituencies. I have mentioned to Senator Sean D. Barrett that it is rather curious that almost all Adjournment matters refer to geographical constituencies. The Leader has said he has noticed this too. My understanding is that Senators who are nominated through the panel system represent professional bodies and so on.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I thought the Leader had mentioned both.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I shall check the record. I thank the Leader. We do not have geographical constituencies for this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: That is not the same thing as using public money when they are Ministers and attempting to justify it in a brazen way.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: It is a damnable practice that should be stopped.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: I will end on that point. I would like to ask whether the family of Susie Long was consulted about her being dragged into this and used as a cover for political opportunism. I feel shamed by what has been happening and I know decent Fine Gael colleagues will feel the same. I spoke in this way when there was another government and I will not cease now because the Government is made up of...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

David Norris: We are all aware of the extraordinary role, although sometimes played in a quiet way, of former Senator McAleese and his wife, the former President, Mary McAleese. The greatest tribute we can pay him is a practical one, which is to discuss the report on the Magdalen laundries, which coincidentally is being released to the survivor groups as we speak, as soon as is practicable, taking into...