Results 1,561-1,580 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Yes, but I only contributed once.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)
David Norris: That is peculiar. I understood that, on Report Stage, I could come in twice. I do not know where I am. I think I will buzz off home and read what the Minister has to say. There is damn all I can do to influence him.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Will there be a vote on the amendments?
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)
David Norris: I will stay then.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)
David Norris: I did indicate my surprise that virtually the entire rake of amendments are being taken together. I would have strongly objected had I realised the implication that I would not be allowed in a second time. I am warned for the future.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: The outcome of such a vote would not be legally binding.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: She will be moved along.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Last Sunday, I spoke at a meeting held on O'Connell Street to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Under this the Chinese militarily absorbed a friendly neighbouring country into its regime. I remember, in 1959, listening to the broadcast of the BBC as it followed the heroic trek by the Dalai Lama across the Himalayas to India. Thirty years ago I went on a...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: I would have sung it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Teaching about guns and bombs-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: I know it off by heart.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: They fired the first shot.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Taiwan was always part of China, quite unlike Tibet.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: For which I thank the Leader.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: Since so many people have been welcomed to the House this morning, I wonder if Senators would indulge me in welcoming Richard Crotty, who is a pupil of Kilkenny College and who is shadowing me today as part of his education.
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)
David Norris: I compliment the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on the job he has done and on keeping his temper in the light of the rather abusive comments from some of his British colleagues. I support this amendment. Nobody is saying that nothing is being done. I have heard the advertisements from the Brexit loan scheme, Enterprise Ireland and so on and they are very good....