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

David Norris: I am referring to page ten of the Minister of State's script, in which he deals with section 1. He spoke about the definitions of public service bodies as "the Civil Service, the Garda Síochána, the Permanent Defence Force, local authorities, the Health Service Executive, the Central Bank". In this regard I draw the Minister of State's attention to a case from the Supreme Court, the...

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

David Norris: Hear, hear.

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

David Norris: Bravo.

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

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and that this motion has become an all-party motion and will pass unanimously without a vote through this House, with the support of all elements. It originated in the foreign affairs committee, proposed by myself and seconded by Deputy Michael D. Higgins. It took some negotiation to get it through and elements were added with which I do not...

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

David Norris: I did not interfere, I laughed. Senator Harris is lucky I did not do more.

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

David Norris: Senator Harris is welcome to do so.

Seanad: Banking Sector: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I understand the Acting Leader is prepared to allow an extension. I had intended to share time with Senator Doherty but, if time is very limited, it will not be possible to do so.

Seanad: Banking Sector: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: That is very gracious of the Minister of State.

Seanad: Banking Sector: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Senator Hanafin can do so.

Seanad: Banking Sector: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I wish to share time with Senator Doherty.

Seanad: Banking Sector: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I am very pleased to be able to contribute. I thank the Minister of State and Senator Hanafin for graciously being flexible to allow it to happen. I will not fire all my shots on this occasion because I am seeking, and will continue determinedly to seek, a rolling debate on finance, to take place every week. One reason I want to speak is because I know the way in which the Leader of the...

Seanad: Banking Sector: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I will not eat into but I just serve warning that I have a lot to say and I hope the Minister, Deputy Mansergh, will be there because I wish to examine the philosophical basis of the whole thing, including definitions of money and what is behind the market. I am sorry to see this stuff about competition is still here. I voted against the abolition of the groceries order. Was I right?...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: It is extremely relevant.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Not again, for God's sake. That is a confession of complete failure in the House if we have to suspend all the time. I am getting fed up.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: I have a good deal sympathy for the Cathaoirleach because he does his best but the situation here is highlighted by the fact that virtually every day he must call Members on the Order of Business who were not heard the previous day. Why does the Leader continually resist attempts to regulate the Order of Business in the interests of the House in order that we can have a full and proper...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: When will the Leader stop talking about the CPP? When did it last meet? My information is it last met in November 2008. Let us have action and leadership and not frustration. Radio broadcasts of proceedings have stopped completely. It is not surprising the only business ever reported on television or in newspapers is the Order of Business. Today, The Irish Times columnist, Miriam Lord,...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: They are still flogging and advertising 1% below cost mortgages. What will occur when the amount increases? More people will be trapped. Yesterday, a friend received an unsolicited offer of a loan worth €9,000 from a bank. What is the bank at? Last weekend, we discovered that the former Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, retired from a hedge fund. Hello? While he was doing that, another...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Have we any sense of what is occurring? Not for one minute is it acceptable to respond to calls for national cohesion by saying that, in Alan Dukes's time, it was a minority Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: No, that is wrong. What difference does it make whether something was a minority Government?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

David Norris: We are in a crisis and the Government, whatever it is, should be supported if it is doing the right thing.