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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: That is a matter for the Chair, not the Senator.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: I know that. The Senator was interrupting because she is in a political party. She would not have interrupted before she was in a political party. I am drawing attention to the fact that the amount of State funding allocated to a qualified political party is specifically referenced. I am using this provision as a device to introduce something that is of vital importance to the democratic...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: It is a simplistic statement.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: Men have higher incomes.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: They do not receive resources and are not paid-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: Let the record show there was laughter coming from Senator David Norris.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: Reference was made to losing friends in taking different positions. I do not think anyone will lose friends. I had a battle with Senator Ivana Bacik and I am glad to say I won, but I am sure she does not entertain hard feelings.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: On what Senator Aideen Hayden said about independence, it is lost when one joins a party. The dogs in the street, perhaps the donkeys or jennets in the street and in this House, know perfectly well that Senator Ivana Bacik was the subject of a gerrymander in seeking to become a candidate in a constituency in Dublin in favour of a male candidate. That is the reality of party life. If...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: I knew Nuala Fennell well. When I came into the House, I thought the Senator was talking about Nuala O'Faolain and nearly dropped dead at the throught she might have said such a thing. Then I thought Nuala was always such a wonderful contrarian. I spoke at meetings of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement and presume it had a vague notion that I was a man of some sort. There was an idea...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: I was a man and proud to launch it because it was a splendid book which dealt with this kind of issue.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: I thought the Minister was going to reply.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: I ask him to communicate with me privately on the matter I raised, particularly the question of encouraging Independents and allowing a write-off against tax.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: Thank you.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: Can the Leader be more specific?

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: I am glad I asked. Incorrect information would otherwise have been given to the House.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: That should be clarified. It is improper that a decent man like the Leader should be forced by Standing Orders to tell a lie to the House.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: That is the information I was seeking. What is the harm in giving it?

Seanad: Child Abuse: Motion (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: This is an important but also extremely sad evening for Seanad Éireann. There is no doubt that the last shred of innocence or naivety that any of us might have claimed to possess is gone. I do not know much about this subject. I have never seen child pornography and I do not use the Internet. I am horrified, frankly, by what I have heard. I find the figures places before the House...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: On a point of order and if I might correct the Leader, I referred to bringing down the European financial system.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

David Norris: It is a point of fact. I do not like to be misrepresented.