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Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I have no problem with that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: We remember them well. We remember Charles J. Haughey very well.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I agree very much with the issues raised by Senator Bacik, some of which I mentioned during my contribution to Second Stage. Whatever about the percentages involved, the human impact on the lower paid could be devastating and unmanageable. In many cases, money may not be available to fund this for people at the severest of margins. I instanced the case of a decent woman, a civil servant,...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Country music was effectively dealt with the other day. The Government repeatedly says that it is seeking co-operation from this side of the House. We are not all Opposition Members — some of us are Independents. There is a willingness to co-operate but it is not reciprocated by the Government parties. The legislation was guillotined in the Dáil on Wednesday and a guillotine has been...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: As the aeroplane disintegrated in flight, the characters inside it kept rushing around with the magic shamrock and asking people to join up. Since the situations are the same, we must consider the matter. I have with me two of the shoal of messages that I have received. They reflect the public's feelings. The first letter, which was sent by one of my constituents, states: The public...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: If it ever meets again.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: That is rubbish. The Senator should ask scientists for the information and not the Vatican.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: People are being defrauded out of money and exposed to experiments which are cruel and unjustified.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Unsuccessful experiments on human patients are——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Does the Senator believe there is nothing going wrong here?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Following on from the previous speaker, I am a big advocate of polls. We ought to pay attention to them.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I have a question for the Leader. When will the Government get off its backside and do something about the domestic partnership Bill in the light of the poll in today's The Irish Times conducted by Lansdowne Market Research which shows that despite the gutlessness of this Administration——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: ——62% of the people would vote in a referendum in favour of full civil marriage for gay people——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: ——despite the backward people on the Government side of the House?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I am speaking through the Chair but I am waving to the other side. The feminine side of my brain allows me to multi-task. I refer to the debate on the economy. I am very happy to accept Senator Alex White's excellent suggestion on the way this debate should be taken. It is remarkable that the Government voted against having a debate on the economy even though it takes up most of the time...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I am quoting from the newspaper, and I insist on doing so. The Leader is quite wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: It is. I will tell Senator Cassidy the point of order since he does not know it——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I am quoting from an article by Donal Casey in today's The Irish Times. He said we have a defective gene in our national DNA and the painful truth is that we have all given tacit permission for the behaviour at the heart of our banking crisis. We have not. I did not nor did the vast majority of people in this House. We were strongly critical all the time. How dare he say that. He went...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

David Norris: When will we debate these issues and give a reply to people who say, for example, that we must apologise to the European Union for voting against the Lisbon treaty? When will we hold the Government, which has poured at €7 billion into Anglo Irish Bank, accountable? Now it is considering flogging part of it off to some Australian crowd called abrekebabra or something like that. It will...