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- Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)
David Norris: It is on page 4, where he talks about the wonderful generosity of the Irish people. It is not his generosity, I would say. He says he is continuing to work towards the target. He continues to work towards missing it. This is disastrous. He says he accepts that the cuts, which are savage, will have an effect. He does not even have the nerve to acknowledge that it is a negative effect....
- Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)
David Norris: It is correct. I will dispute that with the Minister of State and we can bandy figures, but these are the cuts. I said the Minister of State had a brass neck, but I do not believe he wrote that stuff. Neither do I believe that he framed the motion. I believe that if he was left on his own he would fight and I hope the strong words he has heard in the Seanad tonight will give him armaments...
- Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)
David Norris: The Senator cannot say that about the Independents.
- Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "Seanad Ãireann" and substitute the following: "condemns the Government for breaking the commitments clearly and repeatedly given to reach the 0.7% target for development aid."
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I support the calls for a discussion on NAMA. It is extremely worrying that Dr. Michael Somers has said he does not know how it will work. He does not appear to have the staff or resources to deal with the role and appears to be pleading ignorance about it. That is very worrying from the person supposed to run NAMA. I would welcome the opportunity to talk on the issue because, on 10...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I apologise to the House for my lateness. I had a long-standing appointment to meet the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy Martin Cullen, on two very serious issues. Senator Ivana Bacik kindly moved my amendment in my absence and there was a useful and interesting discussion on it. I hope the Minister of State can make some movement on this issue. The amendment proposes that...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I have heard all Senator Healy Eames's emotions. I am trying to deal with the matter rationally.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: Those families should also be considered. As human beings we must ask ourselves why so many children are being given up there but not here and what we can do in the best interests of the children. I am not at all antagonistic and I understand the human feelings of people in this country who want children, but that is not sufficient. It must be the welfare of the child. I say that with the...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: A visit.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I support the amendment. The development of post adoptive services needs a legislative basis. Like almost everybody in the House, I have been contacted over the years by numerous people who needed to trace relatives, people who had been placed in various well-meaning adoption societies, particularly some of the Church of Ireland ones. Many societies seem to have dumped their records for...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I understand that and will obey it as unctuously as I can. However, it is one of the great mysteries, whether a joyful, sorrowful or glorious one.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I feel that as amendment No. 69 was allowed, discussion of amendment No. 71 should also have been allowed. If the Minister of State proposes to accept the idea of promoting the development of post adoption services, I put it to him - this shows my ingenuity - that among the areas that might be developed should be the undertaking of or assisting in research projects and activities related to...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: We managed to discuss it obliquely on another amendment.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I would be interested in an explanation for this as amendment No. 81 simply states: "one shall be a person with direct personal experience of adoption, namely an adopted person". It is simply a back-up. The position will be filled and paid anyway. I am astonished at this. It defies common sense that the amendment could possibly create a charge on the Exchequer that does not already exist....
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I have just pointed out that it could not possibly do so.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: Yes. The amendment simply states that one of the people shall be something or other. I have just explained it in terms of six people nominated to the Seanad under legislation, each of which costs â¬50,000. If an amendment stated that one of them must be a Roman Catholic or one of them must be from Ulster, that is a qualification but it does not create a charge on the Exchequer. I do not...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: Where did this ruling come from? It did not come from the Cathaoirleach; that is a polite fiction. It must have come from the Department of Finance. It does not know what it is talking about. I agree with the point made by Senator Fitzgerald, but whatever the argument about amendment No. 80, which might appear to add additional personnel, mine does not. It simply adds a qualification. I...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: How?
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I ask the Minister of State to give an explanation for this because it cannot possibly involve a charge.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)
David Norris: I will leave it at that, but I want the record of the House to show that it is a complete absurdity and that there is no possible charge on the Exchequer. Once again this is being used to get an amendment out of the remit of the Seanad. They shove it down as a charge on the Exchequer. It is patent rubbish.