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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

David Norris: They should be taken together.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

David Norris: As I understand it, this is a question not of where the section lies, but of where the amendment falls in the Bill. The amendment is made to page 5 of the Bill, which is section 1.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

David Norris: I wish to share my time equally with Senator Cullinane. Since I am rather given to volubility, I ask the Acting Chairman to remind me when I am halfway through my allotted time.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

David Norris: First, there is a series of misnomers. We talk about social welfare, but I do not see much welfare around this country. Welfare means well-being, but there is a dearth of a sense of well-being among people. The Minister for Social Protection has not protected people. She has fought a battle - I give her that - and she gave an undertaking, but the undertaking has been overtaken by the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

David Norris: No, the important thing is that it is put on the record. It does not matter who says it. The jobseeker's allowance disregard is based on days worked and not worked, which is wrong, as there is a critical shortage of job opportunities. I am dealing with somebody who has just come back from America, where he was living as an illegal alien. He has three children of his own with his partner,...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Darragh O'Brien. It is extraordinary that the gas company is going to install water meters. One can buy electricity from the gas company. Why do we not merge them all into one? We have been asked for a debate on absenteeism. I glanced around the House. We started ten minutes late. I was the first person in the Chamber...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: That may relate to another matter which I ask the Deputy Leader to bring to the attention of the broadcasting section. It is extraordinary that when the House sits on its own, as it does sometimes and during which periods it sometimes addresses important matters, it is never reported on RTE. There is a programme called" Oireachtas Report" but it only broadcasts when both Houses are sitting...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: I beg your pardon, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: I am raising a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: I am sorry, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, but I ask Senator Conway to withdraw his remark, which is very uncharacteristic of him. I organised my presidential campaign so that I was in the House on sitting days. The record will show that.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: He is giving Sinn Féin great publicity.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: I appreciate that. On a point of order, in previous Seanaid, of which the Leader was a Member-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: -----I suggested that Senators should absent themselves when committees meet that coincide with the Order of Business so they are not then quorate and we can prevent this happening.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: We should influence the arrangement of the business of committees.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: They have huge hoovers.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

David Norris: It should include absenteeism in the House also.

Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2012)

David Norris: At least, we stood by the Republic.