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- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)
David Norris: If we only had the opportunity to buy it at market rates.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)
David Norris: It was a very bad deal done by-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)
David Norris: That is all rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)
David Norris: I am.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
David Norris: In raising a point of order I hope my colleague will refer to the slip of the tongue which was Freudian when Mr. Donlan talked about the responsibility of Irish diplomats in the implementation of Vatican policy. That takes us back a few years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Is a parallel being drawn between the Pope and Gadaffi?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
David Norris: The welfare of the people is continually suppressed in the interests of the system. In an article in Rolling Stone in 2009 Matt Taibbi described Goldman Sachs as a "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money". I have been raising such issues as Goldman Sachs, the banking system and the ratings agencies...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
David Norris: The electricity supply to the people in Priory Hall is being cut off because the building is being pumped out. What were they building? Was it a boat? What kind of building needs to be pumped out? Let us have a debate on these broad issues of principle, which is one of the things for which the Seanad was established.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Watch and learn.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)
David Norris: The Senator forgot the fifth reason, which was to allow him to apologise to the gay community.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)
David Norris: On a point of order, I make a strong objection-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Whether the Archbishop of Canterbury was invited or not-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Titular.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)
David Norris: That should be abolished.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Again, I call for a wide-ranging debate on the economy. It seems to me we are revisiting the 1970s with the announcement the other day of a new version of passports for sale and now the financial lure in tax breaks for business executives. There may well be reasons for this but they should be teased out in this House. To people on the ground who are having their services cut back, it looks...
- Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)
David Norris: This is a very important motion and I commend Senator Power for her powerful contribution. I also commend her party colleague Senator Darragh O'Brien who made a passionate defence of Church of Ireland schools which will be particularly affected by this measure on small schools. I am particularly pleased he did so because if I had been the first speaker to raise this issue it might appear as...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)
David Norris: I am aware we are only allowed raise one issue, but I wish to agree wholeheartedly with what my other colleagues, particularly Senator Zappone, have said. The issue I wish to raise is in response to Senator Bacik, whom I thank for her kind words. She is right that in times of economic difficulty in particular, the celebration of the imagination is something that helps to lift all of us. It...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)
David Norris: I note that there is a constricted opportunity for people to talk about the fiscal treaty. I support Senator Mullins and ask again for a general debate on the economy. It seems perfectly clear to me that market capitalism, in its present form, is in a state of collapse. It simply is not serving the interests of the people. In our country we have the kind of situation in Galway airport in...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Will he be asked about Tibet?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)
David Norris: Good.