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- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)
David Norris: I support what Senator Boyle said. It would be very useful to have a regular debate on the economy, for which I have been calling for some time. It would be a statutory item held at least every week. Apart from everything else, it would mean we could have these ideas discussed in a relatively unhurried manner rather than absorbing the Order of Business every day. It is the principal thing...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)
David Norris: I join Senators O'Toole, Coghlan, Cummins and Buttimer in suggesting that now is the time for us to commemorate the Irish people who died in the First World War. It is a pity that so far no one from the other side has said anything on this issue. Perhaps before the Order of Business is concluded we will have some support. Emblems such as the poppy are sometimes contentious. For that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)
David Norris: I was hoping Senator Mooney would do so.
- Seanad: National Housing Development Survey: Motion (10 Nov 2010)
David Norris: However, they have not yet been addressed and the Labour Party motion outlines the current factual position. It would be much better for both sides to agree rather than this appalling business whereby we are still in the middle of this crisis playing at logic chopping and political partisan point scoring. There is nothing in the Labour Party motion that could not have the words of the...
- Seanad: National Housing Development Survey: Motion (10 Nov 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: National Housing Development Survey: Motion (10 Nov 2010)
David Norris: Far be it from me to be contentious, but I completely disagree with my good friend and colleague, Senator Dearey. The motion gets straight and clearly to the point and I am very disappointed the Government should propose to amend it in this completely fatuous way. The Labour Party motion contains three elements. The first is that "many completed houses are unoccupied despite a huge demand...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)
David Norris: Commissioner Rehn is in Dublin and he is welcome. I wish him and the Government well on their discussions but I regret that he was unable to meet representatives of the marginalised and vulnerable. I refer in particular to Social Justice Ireland. It was said he would not meet any representatives of the community and voluntary pillar. I hope the Government tells Mr. Rehn that its...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
David Norris: There is a constitutional point to be determined.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
David Norris: Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
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- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
David Norris: I wish to seek a debate on education, not just in light of yesterday's events - some aspects of which were deplorable - but also that at least â¬26 million in the building fund for schools remains unspent.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
David Norris: I apologise for getting the figure wrong. This means that there is â¬300 million left to be spent with only eight weeks remaining in the current year. I visited the community school in Kinsale, County Cork, earlier in the week where I met the headmaster and his students. It is a remarkable and splendid school but conditions there are cramped. The school is on the list for an additional...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
David Norris: I also wish to raise the matter of copyright in the music industry. I have been in contact with the editor of Hot Press magazine and Mr. Paul McGuinness and I indicated that I was interested in pursuing this issue in a serious fashion. I received misleading information to the effect that the Leader was going to raise this matter yesterday. I checked the position and discovered that this...
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (3 Nov 2010)
David Norris: The Senator should sit in her Independent seat. She would be very welcome.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (3 Nov 2010)
David Norris: Well said.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (3 Nov 2010)
David Norris: I compliment my colleagues on the Independent benches on tabling the motion. I have listened to the entire debate up to now and I am of the view that not one new idea has been brought forward. A number of interesting ideas have been propounded but not a single new one has been offered. I challenge colleagues to demonstrate that I am incorrect in this regard. There has, however, been one...