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- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)
David Norris: In that case I will just end by saying that this is a principle and we do discriminate against children. It is awful that we do it. I will communicate with the Minister on a matter, the fact that to my certain knowledge a 14 year old girl is being told that she must wait 18 months for an endoscopy. We should put children first. As an adult I got an endoscopy within a week because I was on...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: So half the people are idiots, are they?
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: "La-la land" sounds fairly close to it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: Can the House have a debate on it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: I agree with Senator Mullen in that I believe a grievous wrong was done to Fr. Reynolds. However, the focus of the debate the Senator has called for is far too narrow; it should encompass the entire media. We have had a couple of meetings in here in this regard. I tried to introduce a privacy Bill. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, says he...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: I will withdraw it because I want to get on with my substantial point, which concerns the gutlessness of the politicians in facing this issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: The Government is concentrating entirely on the issue of Fr. Reynolds as if it were an isolated case, but we all know perfectly well it is not. I refer not only to RTE but to the sheer effrontery of the print media in affecting a self-righteous tone and talking about the evils of lying, door-stepping-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: I am supporting the call for a debate on the failure of media to investigate properly before they publish. Every single one of them has been guilty of this. Let us have a proper inquiry. If we cannot do so ourselves, let us bring Lord Justice Leveson over here. Let him do it. Let us have a proper judicial inquiry into what is nothing but a collection of whited sepulchres. Since the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: I have heard of a smoking gun but this is the first time I have heard of a smoking bum. It now turns out the individual in question was supposed to be a double agent.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)
David Norris: What exactly is going on? To whom are we handing over the information? I want to know the precise nature of the information. I ask the Deputy Leader to be kind enough to address this very serious issue about the handing over of information about Irish citizens to what is clearly a totally incompetent authority in a foreign power.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
David Norris: Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
David Norris: And Deputy O'Sullivan.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
David Norris: The best interests of Ireland are being put forward by the "No" side.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
David Norris: I join with Senator Bacik in suggesting a debate on State involvement in the institutional care of children and so on. I understand a Bill relating to the trust fund for survivors of institutional abuse is forthcoming. Perhaps the Leader will tell us when it will come before the Seanad? I would like to comment briefly on a matter raised by Senator Bacik, namely, the current tragic...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
David Norris: I regard myself as a Protestant Catholic because the Church to which I belong, the Anglican Church, never left the universal Catholic Church but protested against what it saw as abuses. I would like to put on the record-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)
David Norris: -----if I am allowed to do so by Senator Walsh-----