Results 15,541-15,560 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I ask the Leader for clarification on an issue. I did not hear him mention a sos during the debate on the Charities Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: That is very unfair. A small number of us will be here working throughout the day on this Bill and, by and large, they are the same people who put a great deal of effort into this area. I have invited in a group of people for lunch. I am not making the point that I am entitled to eat. I will happily work through any hours but I do not like to be discourteous to people I have invited here...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: No, it is not made. This woman's child has died â it bled to death.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I want to finish this because I must put it on the record. Even if it means that you have to expel me, I will do it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I have a statement from a senior Nigerian politician who says that if this woman goes back, there is a very strong likelihood that her influential family will have her kidnapped at the airport and she will not be seen again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I do not think I will. I want an explanation now and I want the Leader to take up this matter, particularly the question of the leak. I also put on the record that the United Nations Development Fund for Women doubted if ordinary police would take action against family members who are trying to force a woman to undergo female genital mutilation. There is no federal law, there is some local...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: It is a clear case of violation of human rights and it is being stood over by the institutions of this State. I at least want to protest and there are decent people on the Government side who want to do the same.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I do not believe any of the immigrant communities are after this. This is nonsense.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: They are not asking for it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: It is idiots in the bureaucracy who are doing so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: I am all in favour of cribs and I raised this issue last year.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: It is not the immigrant communities who are demanding this, it is half-wits.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Again, I find myself in strong agreement with Senator Bacik. Six months is plenty of time for it to be considered an emergency but I warn about one aspect. We have had emergency legislation on the Statute Book since the time of the Second World War. For political purposes, therefore, emergencies can be lasting. I support and reinforce what Senator Bacik said because I have a personal...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
David Norris: On these grounds I ask the Minister of State to accept the amendment which would not tie the Minister's hands. It may not be necessary but it depends on the Minister of State's view of necessity. Nothing is necessary. We are not necessary. This Parliament is not necessary for the continued functioning of the universe. It all depends on how lasting the Minister of States's view of...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
David Norris: At least, it is a variation of the theme.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.