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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: It is never the right time to do the wrong thing.

Seanad: Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (29 May 2008)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and, given my experience of him in the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs where he showed himself to clear-sighted, forthright and open to argument, I am glad he is in charge of these proposals. He is prepared to take risks from time to time. I endorse what has been said by my colleagues, particularly Senator Ivana Bacik, about the location and...

Seanad: Prison Building Programme: Motion. (29 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2008)

David Norris: Does the Senator have a question for the Leader?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2008)

David Norris: We are having it now, apparently.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2008)

David Norris: I am happy that Senators are unanimous in welcoming the cluster munitions ban treaty. We can be proud of the fact that it will forever have the name "Dublin" attached to it. We should compliment the former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, who took a direct, active and personal interest in this matter, and Pax Christi Ireland, which briefed Senators ahead of the debate in...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2008)

David Norris: We did so in respect of smoking, another health problem, and should be able to do so in this regard. If necessary, we could estimate compensation for small and independent stations for lost revenue. The situation on the M1 was dreadful. I also understand that a young woman may have been killed in a tragic accident on Parnell Street. Despite Mr. Frank McDonald's comments in The Irish Times,...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

David Norris: It is a measure of the great interest and the seriousness with which Seanad Éireann takes this matter that there are so many people wishing to speak and so many have requested to share time. I am one of them and I wish to share time with Senator Pearse Doherty.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

David Norris: Senator Doherty said that two minutes would be enough.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

David Norris: I am not going to argue, because I wish to get on with this and if I am finished early the Senator can make use of the time.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

David Norris: Given the degree of interest in this matter it is a pity there is not a supplied script from the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews, which I would have welcomed. It would have been helpful to those of us who, because of pressure from other sources, were not able to be here to hear the Minister of State's speech. I am sure there was no disrespect...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

David Norris: I do not like the public versus private model. It was appalling that the woman in County Kilkenny was sentenced to death for the crime of being poor, which I have said before. That is my principled stand. I find there are elements with which I agree on both sides of the debate. For example, regarding step No. 4 in the motion, I agree with most of what the Labour Party put down, but I do...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

David Norris: The Minister for Health and Children cannot be made responsible for each individual case. The greatest political friend I ever had in my life was Mr. Noel Browne and I salute him, because he single-handedly broke through the curse of tuberculosis. He broke the piggy-bank of the sweepstakes and established hospitals everywhere. If Mr. Noel Browne was in this House or the other House...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

David Norris: I welcome to the House the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Seán Power, and congratulate him on his new office. I would also have been pleased to welcome the new Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Mansergh, and commend him on his elevation. Unfortunately, that elevation reduces the potential for badinage between...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

David Norris: Dingle.

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.