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Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution on this subject. Both Houses of the Oireachtas and the people are deeply in debt to former Deputy Jim Higgins and Deputy Brendan Howlin. The cardinal point is that without them, the Morris tribunal would not have existed. They did not make allegations but rather reported them while behaving in a very proper way. They did not abuse the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: This is not a court.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: I listened with interest to the calls for a debate on the way people vote, cynicism and so on. It seems it was a clarion call for independence. We are the only ones in this House who have the luxury of being able to act as we speak in the voting lobby. I have seen every party in the Oireachtas behave in precisely the same way described by Senator Alex White. This is a feature of the way...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: That company had the lowest investment in infrastructure, especially in broadband. Having flogged off Eircom, so to speak, we are going to do a little bit of short selling on the market, namely, selling and buying back again. Hedge funds; short selling — what a way to go.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: Aer Lingus was happily privatised and Shannon was shafted pretty nicely. Now the workers are going to come out because Aer Lingus wants to outsource. I call for a debate on all these issues, including Eircom, privatisation, the market and the Competition Authority which has been spoken about, has been absolutely useless, has only intervened against the citizens and neglected to notice——

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: ——the deadline that let off one major multinational corporation. Let us have a debate on all these issues but let us be honest about and see what the record and the past has taught us in this area.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: It is useless.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

David Norris: Being defended by Senator Leyden might be a worse fate.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)

David Norris: I have a mobile telephone but it is turned off completely.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State who is from my part of the world. I know him to be a decent and courageous man. I was in the church in Westland Row when he stood up. His name, John Moloney, did not mean anything but when people heard the words "Fianna Fáil", a palpable wave of anger travelled down the church. I have never experienced anything like it. The reason for that was not...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)

David Norris: Bravo, Senator O'Toole.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Oct 2008)

David Norris: I would welcome a debate on the decision made by University College Cork, which has behaved extremely responsibly. It did not pre-empt legislation in this area because such legislation does not exist, despite the efforts of my colleague, former Senator Mary Henry, who produced a Bill in this regard that was not adopted by the Government. University College Cork did not pre-empt anything and...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Oct 2008)

David Norris: In the absence of such leadership or analysis of the financial situation, one is left dealing with the queries of individual people. I conducted a radio interview the other day with an economic commentator and while I do not know how serious he was, he came up with a serious question. If a deposit taker, that is, the bank that has accepted the money, goes into liquidation, how long will it...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Oct 2008)

David Norris: The Senator's party is in Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Oct 2008)

David Norris: Exactly.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)

David Norris: I welcome this debate and I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I must say, as a random observation, it is interesting that the Minister of State and the overwhelming number of speakers in the debate were women. Women have demonstrated that they are the people who care about the basic issues. The basic issues are clear, and they have been dealt with fairly extensively. They are...

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)

David Norris: This is one of the practical matters which should be dealt with in the context of the educational curriculum.