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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: I do not like being patronised as somebody who is elderly.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: I was embarrassed about it, and rightly so.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: Can Senator Quinn be informed that the demand was to scrap the self-indulgent transition year?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: We know who he is.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: Perhaps his name could be shortened to "Rich".

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: What about Sinn Féin's relationship with the banks? It was not too healthy.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: What about Sinn Féin and the banks? There is nothing to be proud of there.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: I am elderly.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: They even privatised the bins.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: They do not look like a minority to me.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: First, I would like to let Members know that tomorrow I will be formally seeking permission to move the Privacy Bill which will be taken in my Private Members' time this day week. It will be an important debate in which I hope Members will take part and research areas where people's privacy has been invaded. As somebody technically classified as elderly, I want to disassociate myself totally...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: It is extraordinary. We are told that councils will accept payment, yet when citizens try to pay, they are told that there is no machinery for accepting the money.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: I just wonder whether the pigs have started to run the farm. It appears that we are in a chaotic situation. I will end on a serious note and support strongly my friend and colleague, Senator Bacik. We fought against the forced combination of some organisations that fought for human rights. We fought against the extinction of the Combat Poverty Agency. We have a way to go in terms of...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: It was to abolish transition year.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

David Norris: I propose to raise a matter for discussion in the House. It is one of particular interest to me as a former university person and I am proud of the role Ireland is playing in this regard. In August 1992, the National and University Library of Bosnia in Sarajevo was completely destroyed with the loss of more than 2 million volumes and priceless manuscripts. The European Union is...