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- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (5 Mar 2008)
David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House. I had not anticipated speaking on this debate but by a curious piece of serendipity this morning I received a letter from an ordinary citizen, not a constituent, and I would like to put it on the record and ask the Minister to examine the queries in it. Before I do that, I feel myself very lucky in my pension arrangements because I have a pension from...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)
David Norris: I join my colleagues in seeking a debate on Northern Ireland. However, I will not join in the chorus of praise for Ian Paisley and the sentimentalising of him as this new figure, "Big Ian". He is big physically but he is morally a pygmy and remains so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)
David Norris: I am sorry. I have the right to say it and I will say it and I insist on that right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)
David Norris: I will not be silenced. Too many people have been silenced.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)
David Norris: The people who describe themselves as the chuckle brothers have erected themselves on a mound of 3,000 civilian deaths.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)
David Norris: It is not unparliamentary language.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)
David Norris: I defy the Cathaoirleach to show me that in a book. I will continue to state this because I believe in telling the truth. The Reverend Ian Paisley undermined by accusing of treason not only Captain Terence O'Neill for meeting Sean Lemass but also Brian Faulkner, James Chichester Clark and David Trimble. What motivated him was ambition. There was no repentance. At least the provos...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear. Bring back "Sissi: The Young Empress".
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House. She has a difficult row to hoe. I have some disagreements with her but I was impressed by what Senator Feargal Quinn had to say. He talked a great deal of practical sense and I was glad to have heard him. I wish to raise an issue that is perhaps an unintended by-product of this dispute but one that I would like the Minister to take seriously. I...
- Seanad: Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: It is not just due to that. The Competition Act should be scrapped. It has not served the country well, just as the abolition of the groceries order did not. I also warned against the abolition of the groceries order and look at the result of that. There must be independent arbitration but we must ensure that small, family run pharmacies in local areas stay in business. We have seen the...
- Seanad: Fairtrade: Statements (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: Could you let me know when I have had three?
- Seanad: Fairtrade: Statements (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: And then I will ignore you. I compliment Senator Quinn on his extraordinary courage and honesty. He has gone right to the heart of the matter. It is good to hear that from the heart of the commercial world. What we are dealing with is a historical discrepancy between what was paid to producers at ground level and the enormous profits made by large corporations. We have only to consider...
- Seanad: Fairtrade: Statements (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: I stand reproved. I am sure Senator White, who is a decent person, will accept that conditions in the cacao harvest in certain central American countries were completely abominable, involving the exploitation of child labour. It is interesting that when the Fairtrade movement began in the 1950s and 1960s, it was largely a religious movement. That is still reflected to a certain extent in...
- Seanad: Fairtrade: Statements (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: I certainly do not. The fair trade movement creates opportunities for economically disadvantaged people, improves transparency and accountability and builds capacity. The payment of a fair price, negotiated locally, is important. It also contributes to gender equality by ensuring that men and women are treated equally in local areas. It ensures safe and healthy working conditions and...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: How about being here for the chuckle brothers?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: It is a question of proportion.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: It is a question of proportion.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)
David Norris: Hear, hear.