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Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I thank the Minister of State for his directness and honesty. Of course, it would be a great shame and appalling if the Bill fell because it is in the interests of students. They have lobbied all of us through their representatives. The Bill must go through as urgently as possible to make things equal for students. Some students are being paid in January and others in April, although they...

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I have the Bill here, if the Senator wants it.

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: May I make clear precisely what the gap is? Senator Healy Eames's amendment was to insert, between lines 5 and 6 on page 30, the words, "consultation with relevant parties, and". Section 20(10) reads: The Minister may prescribe procedures in respect of the determination of an appeal by an appeals officer pursuant to this section and may provide for such matters as-- (a) information to be...

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: May I make one final point to assist the Minister of State and provide some degree of support? Section 20(1) reads: An awarding authority shall designate such and so many members of the staff of the authority as it considers appropriate to be appeals officers under this section and a person so designated shall be an appeals officer for such period as the authority may determine. The...

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I commend the two Ministers who were involved, namely, the Minister of State who is present and the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills. I also pay tribute to the staff of the Department of Education and Skills who have worked very hard on this and the civil servants who are in attendance and who were in a position to supplement the advice given to the House by the Minister of...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I asked questions earlier, using Griffith College as an example, and perhaps the Minister of State could address them. As it stands, certain colleges are regarded as outside the scope of the Bill because they are fee-paying. This is an anomaly because certain students who are disadvantaged and who attend the Law Society of Ireland or the Honourable Society of the King's Inns are covered by...

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: That is the Hunt report.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I am a politician and hold the profession of politics in high regard, but I am ashamed and saddened by the unedifying spectacle of recent days. In a storm the captain and officers of a ship stay at the wheel and their concern is for the welfare and safety of the ship and its passengers. This weekend we were in the astonishing position where, apparently, we had no Minister for Justice and...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: ——against which I spoke repeatedly in this House, but we are still leaving untouched the bonuses paid to the bankers which were to be taxed. Why is that? The important Climate Change Response Bill is being abandoned, while the financial provisions consequent upon the passage of the Civil Partnership Bill by this and the other House are to be left in abeyance. I understand there are 150...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: Senator Boyle did a great job.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: Well done. If re-elected, I will certainly keep them to it.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: Where to?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: That is cynicism.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2011)

David Norris: Senator Walsh held it up with his filibustering.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts (19 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I thank my colleague, Senator Jim Walsh, for so generously making this time available. I asked if he would allow me to participate in the debate because he has picked an extremely significant issue which deserves a widespread debate. I commend him on taking the matter up as it is extremely serious. I asked if I could participate because I have some personal knowledge of the matter. When I...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts (19 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I raised the matter at the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday.

Seanad: Export-led Growth: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I feel like the man who came to scoff but stayed to praise because I came to vote and have stayed to speak. I understood there was to be a vote, as usual, at 7 p.m. but it is a tribute to the rather chaotic way the business of this House is run which is very bad and I enter a protest. Already today, a significant-----

Seanad: Export-led Growth: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I am speaking to the principle of the motion. I am talking about this precise debate and the way it is handled. I could not be more central if I tried, as I am sure the Acting Chairman will see because she is a woman of broad imagination and sympathy. I remind the House that important legislation was rushed through all Stages in the House this morning. I think this is frightful and...