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Seanad: Request to move Adjournment of Seanad under Standing Order 30 (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: No wonder Senator O'Toole feels he has to withdraw-----

Seanad: Request to move Adjournment of Seanad under Standing Order 30 (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: It is a complete and utter disgrace. It makes a farce of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: Yes.

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kelleher, to the House, with which he is very familiar. I do not propose to score partisan political points, but that does not mean I will not have some criticisms to make. If the Minister of State's speech was his last in the House, he should note it was a fine one, although I did not agree with some of it. It was very clear that he spoke from the...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: It was a racist caricature and she should be ashamed of herself for describing us as beggars, cheats, liars and thieves. Is that the language used by a good neighbour? In spite of its not being so, Ms Toynbee's view is widely held underneath the soft parlance of the British Conservative Party. With regard to Mr. Chopra, in one jump we seem to have gone from snip to chop. His emollient...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: That is just too bad. I wish I had more time. There are certain areas on which we can focus. I have just been listening to a news report on RTE regarding the Kerry Group, which is a splendid organisation. The Kerry Group began as a little co-op and it now provides 23,000 jobs worldwide. It is to businesses of this sort that we should provide encouragement. The Minister of State said "It...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: I am doing so. What is being done with the National Pensions Reserve Fund is disastrous. There is a train crash coming down the line in respect of pensions and the EU and the IMF are being allowed to dip their nasty little fingers into this fund. I had hoped to speak after my colleagues, Senators O'Toole and Mullen. I do not have permission to move their amendment to the motion but I am...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: Is it not appalling that multibillionaires are buying petrol for their yachts in Monte Carlo at the expense of the weakest in society? This is being done by reducing the hourly rate of the minimum wage by €1 and it is an utter moral scandal. We in this House should stand for decency and principles and for those who are at the lowest point on the scale. From what he said at the end of his...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: Senator Boyle has not heard the half of it yet.

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)

David Norris: The Senator might agree with much of it.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: Senator Quinn has given me my lead in with his reference to the four year plan. I propose to speak about a particular form of energy about which I have spoken in this House previously. Members may recall that I defined "money" as "the symbolic representation of energy". This may or may not be a renewable source in this country but it certainly will not be unless we take a very specific...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: I know exactly what we are dealing with and I am speaking to it.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: I am talking about renewable energy and have made it perfectly clear, logically and intellectually, how I am doing it.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: I am giving the institutions. I am perfectly entitled to name them. We have mentioned repeatedly Bank of Ireland and so on. It is frustrating the democratic wish of this House if the people concerned are not named.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: I am dealing with it because I have given a definition of "money" as including renewable energy.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: The business was ordered and I am speaking to it. The names are Aberdeen Asset Management (London) Ltd, AGICAM, Aktia Asset Management, Aletti Gestielle SGR, AllianceBernstein (UK) Limited, Allianz Global Investors France, AmpegaGerling Investment, Anima SGR-----

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: I am speaking very directly and clearly about renewable energy.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: I most certainly am.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: It is very relevant.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: It is the most relevant issue in this country.