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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I would like to move an amendment to the Order of Business such that we can take No. 24, motion No. 33, today in addition to No. 1. It is a call for a rolling debate on the economy. It is perfectly obvious once again that this is principally what we are discussing. Before I say a few words on the economy, I would like to raise another related matter, that is, the closure of a number of...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: That, undoubtedly, involves a budget. We should have one within the next month and we should address the tax issue. I am blistered with e-mails from people pointing out the anomalies, inequities and injustices that have alienated the people. They are asking for a tax and stating they will pay it if everybody does. The super-rich, in particular, should be targeted, and we in the House...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: The association is fighting against AIDS.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Thank God George Bush is gone to blazes out of the way. The damage he did——

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: People with AIDS and those facing female circumcision will be protected. I hate listening to the——

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: ——hypocritical tripe that we hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Yes.

Seanad: Middle East Conflict: Motion (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: What about South Africa?

Seanad: Middle East Conflict: Motion (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: It was Bush.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Incest and self-abuse.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Splendid.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Rubbish.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I propose to share time with the Senator Quinn. I welcome the Minister of State but with lukewarm enthusiasm. I listened with interest to Senator Ross, who has led this debate in this House and on the back page of his newspaper, this morning when he said it would be an indication of the Government's seriousness if the Minister for Finance, Deputy Lenihan, came to the House. He did not...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: The Minister of State spoke about using figures from the Department of Finance, but when did the Department of Finance last get any figures right? I cannot remember, as the Department seems to be permanently wrong. Where were those people for the past seven years?

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: As we are firing people from the banks, how about firing a few people from the Department of Finance? There is also the matter of the social partners. It is obscene that people are taking 3% or 6% pay increases and saying they got them under the agreement. Nobody should be taking an increase of any kind, private or public. That should be made clear before we start taking anything from...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I like to hear the Minister of State speaking but I do not believe he actually put in a verb. He put one in later but not at that point.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: The Minister of State is a formidable opponent.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I will take another minute if Senator Quinn agrees.