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Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: What about Cabinet responsibility?

Seanad: Criminal Assets Bureau Annual Report 2007: Statements (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I am very grateful to my colleague, Senator Hannigan, for allowing me some of his time. I listened with great interest and admiration to what he had to say as he has a very clear grasp of the subject. My colleague, Senator Ivana Bacik, also has a clear grasp of the issue and we are very privileged to have somebody with that level of expertise, background and professional understanding here....

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I am aware that there is an EU happiness index. Is there also an irony index because we need to examine the whole issue of irony? I ask this question seriously. The Leader indicated he had to deal with a backlog of issues raised by Senators on the Order of Business. Is the obvious course of action not to face the ironies implicit in that statement and expand the only part of business in...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I am asking whether the Leader has seen the irony in this and in the fact that he can rabbit on over there. Government Members are making idiots of themselves if they give the Czech President the oxygen of publicity.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: At the same time, we had in this country, by invitation of the Government, a succession of European Prime Ministers who told the Irish electorate which way to vote. We even had one in this House, the President of the European Parliament, yet when the Czech President, with whom I disagree, is brought over here we do not allow him to say his piece. That, too, is ironic. It is even more...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I take all cases on board. The Senator will find that I take on board all of them——

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: ——but you, Sir, are a bigot and I know that very well.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Is the Senator referring to the Czech President?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I never did that.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: It is not a question of either-or. The Senator should not be so morally obtuse. It is not a matter of either-or.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I never belittled them and have regularly taken part in debates on the fishing industry.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)

David Norris: It is people on Senator O'Donovan's side of the House who spoke disparagingly——

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I concur with colleagues who pointed out that the House will deal only with statements this week. However, the situation is even worse than we imagined because we did exactly the same thing last week. On Tuesday, 4 November, the only business in the House was statements on broadcasting standards. On Wednesday, 5 November, we had statements on medical cards for those aged over 70 years and...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

David Norris: We are entitled to know the facts. I ask for an immediate debate on this issue. According to Ms Coulter's report, Departments, State agencies, local authorities and educational institutions made up 54% of the case files under the Equal Status Acts in 2005, 60% in 2006 and 69% in 2007. The Equality Authority is the only body within the remit of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Anyone who stands up to Government will get smacked and the budget will be an excuse.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

David Norris: Doing nothing.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

David Norris: I support Senator Fitzgerald's remarks about the deferment or cancellation of the cervical cancer vaccination programme. That is regrettable because it could, apparently, save the lives of 200 young women every year, or at least prevent them from getting cancer. It is a simple regime involving three injections, but at €600 it is costly. That means that, once again, the wealthy people in...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

David Norris: On the Order of Business, there is somebody here who will be aware of my comments and with whom I usually agree, namely, Senator Hannigan. With regard to the Russian matter — it is all tied in with Obama — and its decision regarding a possible siting of military equipment in the Kaliningrad area, we have never tried to understand the Russians. There has been no attempt to do that. It...