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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

David Norris: A remarkable woman——

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

David Norris: ——and a direct descendant of both Brian Boru and Hugh O'Neill, which is more than can be said for Mr. Gerry Adams MP MLA.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

David Norris: The apparent behaviour of the Minister for Defence does raise certain ethical issues, although it is not the most important matter confronting the country. I would welcome a clean-up of electioneering practice. I hope it will not shock Members too much to learn that, even in the sacred groves of academia, things can get mucky at election time, believe me.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

David Norris: I wish to raise a matter which I have raised previously on the Order of Business, on the Adjournment and at the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs committee, that is, the existence of camps for Roma families at Cesmin Lug and Osterode in Kosovo. There are 600 people living there in the most heavily lead-contaminated dump in Europe. I also raised this issue with the United Nations Secretary...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

David Norris: Let him cast the first stone.

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: It is very good we have this situation at the moment and of course there should be strong co-operation. I am astonished by the people who want a 32-county republic but who object to people buying their goods in Newry. Their argument is that it is part of a different economic regime. I am all in favour of revisionism. We need a little more of it. People who were regarded as revisionist...

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: I agree with Senator Cassidy. It is very awkward but it would be very unfortunate if the House did not hear from Senator Doherty, who is a Sinn Féin representative, one of the most significant parties involved in this situation. It is wrong that Ministers are not prepared. I do not care-----

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: Even so, that could have been got around in some way. I am not blaming the Minister-----

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: The Order of Business here is chaotic.

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: I thank my colleague, Senator Ann Ormonde, for a remarkable display of cross-bench co-operation. This is one of the spirits we need in the North of Ireland: the spirit of genuine co-operation, and I am unsure whether it is always there. I share the admiration expressed by Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú for the remarkable performance of Senator Cassidy, particularly in displaying his reading...

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: It is on the websites of the Colombian President and foreign ministry, and it simply shows what can happen with massaging. Perhaps the Minister will be able to correct it.

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: This is why I say it.

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: Exactly.

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: No, but I wish to give the Minister the opportunity to contradict it and I am very glad he has done so. I hope he will return to the matter in his speech because this is an important aside and it deals with the whole area of political massaging. In the same vein, the German Foreign Minister stated there would be a European army. The Minister and I know there will be over our dead bodies.

Seanad: Cancer Awareness: Statements (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: I join in that welcome. Ms O'Meara is a distinguished former colleague and has represented the Irish Cancer Society. I express my admiration for the work done by this organisation. I also welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Áine Brady, and I seek the permission of the House to share time with Senator Rónán Mullen. This is a serious situation and the facts are stark. This year, some...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: On a point of order, the Cathaoirleach referred to a word employed by Senator Buttimer as unparliamentary, an accusation which has sometimes been levelled against myself. Is there a list of words which are unparliamentary which can be made available so as to avoid this situation?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: Like colleagues and victims, some of whom are priests, I am saddened and dismayed by the charade in Rome. Pope Benedict has a problem because he needs to explain the involvement of his office in the case of a Mexican priest who faces charges regarding the abuse of priests in seminaries. I understand his name is Marcial Maciel Degollado and he founded the Legionaries of Christ. The Pope has...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: We have a Cathaoirleach and it is not Senator Leyden.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Proposed Emergency Funding to Greece: Statements (16 Feb 2010)

David Norris: I thank my colleague, Deputy Quinn, for sharing time. It is not very edifying for us in Ireland to be included in the acronym PIIGS, but that seems to be what has happened and I am not sure it is entirely our own fault. If one looks at the situation, tax evasion is endemic throughout the Hellenic world. I have a house in Cyprus where the same situation obtains as in Greece. It is a...