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- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)
David Norris: Then why not take No. 35 on the Order Paper in Government time?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)
David Norris: He has done so.
- Seanad: Legal Services Ombudsman Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Mar 2009)
David Norris: I wish to deal with a point I raised previously about this type of legislation, that is, definitions. Subsection (6) states: "A person ceases to hold the office of Legal Services Ombudsman when the person â (a) is nominated as a member of Seanad Ãireann,". There is confusion in this provision. The university Senators, for example, must be nominated by ten graduates in good standing....
- Seanad: Legal Services Ombudsman Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Mar 2009)
David Norris: If I may ask the Minister of Stateââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)
David Norris: I agree, and I have tabled a motion on it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)
David Norris: I have called over recent weeks for a rolling debate on the economy and do so again today. I will not put it to a vote because that would be a waste of time. However, we have plenty of time today. There is only one item of legislation to be discussed to which no amendments have been tabled. As a result, today's business is going to collapse embarrassingly early. I do not see any reason...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 2a: In page 4, to delete lines 41 and 42. I indicated to the Minister of State last night that I would pursue this matter. I do this not to curry favour with the employees of the Central Bank but to illustrate a very important point of policy, one on which Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank commented in a way in which the Government would be well...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: I did. I am quoting from the Opinion of the European Central Bank, signed by its director Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet. It is published on the ECB website and marked in good legal fashion â Done at Frankfurt am Main, 24 February 2009. These are two significant matters, the decision of the Supreme Court in 1997 and the unsolicited view, specifically avoided by the Government, volunteered by the...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: I will push it to a voice vote, but not a full vote because there are other significant issues to be raised and I want the Minister of State to listen to the outrage of Members on those, particularly with regard to the way the poorly paid and farmers are being squeezed by provisions of the Bill. The issue I raised is important, but it has not been addressed with the degree of seriousness it...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: A most inappropriate statement from the Minister of State in view of the fact that we were told to leave this place because the ceiling might fall in on us and then with the economic disaster that was precipitated it was decided that we will be left here to suffer the fate of the Romans. Let the record show the Minister of State squirmed while I was reading that opinion.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: The Waterford Wedgwood workers in the United Kingdom are protected.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: Did I speak for 18 minutes?
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: My distinguished colleague spoke much sense for 18 minutes. I wish I had spoken sense for 18 minutes.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: Any further attempt would take a hell of a lot longer.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: What about when the Senator was thrown out for bad behaviour?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)
David Norris: Hear, hear.