Results 12,161-12,180 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Not necessarily.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)
David Norris: He cannot speak for me.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Europe is getting money out of us, hand over fist.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)
David Norris: With regard to the campaign for the new fiscal treaty, I believe this treaty will impose considerable austerity for generations to come. We will undoubtedly be in a vice. This is tying us in; it is bullying from Germany. That country is at it again. The entire system is rotten and should be pulled down. This Government is collaborating. It has appointed Goldman Sachs as advisers for...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)
David Norris: I appeal to the House to balance this.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)
David Norris: We have an international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights. This will protect the homeless, the people who are now wandering the streets looking for somewhere to live. What about them in all this economic theory? We signed this international covenant but we have not signed the protocol that was agreed in 2008, so there is no method of enforcement. If we are serious about...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)
David Norris: It certainly is being pressed, particularly in light of the performance of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, who only came alive when seeking to hide behind the words of the former Deputy, Michael McDowell.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)
David Norris: It will not protect one of those informants I used in this House on Adjournment debates and in other matters.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)
David Norris: It will not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Tell that to the journalists in the tabloids.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)
David Norris: He would have to buy that newspaper.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Last week we had a very interesting debate on the media in which we heard a limp speech by the Minister. For me, what was most significant was that when I took on the media, I looked around and noticed that some of my colleagues on all sides of the House were applauding, where they could not be seen by the cameras or picked up by the microphones. I call on the Taoiseach to come to the House...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)
David Norris: -----if he would send a representative, he replied, "No." When I asked him if he would initiate an inquiry into ethics and standards in the Irish media, he replied, "No," and when I asked him if he would pass or promote the privacy Bill, he replied, "No." It is not good enough.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)
David Norris: I am proposing an amendment that the Taoiseach come to the House today to answer the questions I have raised, namely, why did he, as the Prime Minister of this independent republic, write a leading article in The Sun on Sunday and was he paid for doing so?
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
David Norris: A sure sign the Senator is wrong.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Does the Senator pray for Queen Elizabeth?
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
David Norris: I meant Queen Elizabeth I.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
David Norris: On a point of order, I am not calling for a quorum but is one required for a prayer?
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
David Norris: The Senator has not a prayer there.