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Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

David Norris: I am glad Senator Alex White raised the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; I have been raising it over a considerable period. I concur with the Senator's remarks. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform must come to the House, urgently, to answer a series of question on it. In the Nyembo case, in which three refugees sought redress in the courts, there was a judgment from the Supreme...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

David Norris: The Leader is being interrupted.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

David Norris: That is our purpose.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

David Norris: I share the concern expressed by Senator Fitzgerald about the appalling tragedy in Drimnagh. That said, I know Drimnagh, which it is a very pleasant area and the people there are very decent. It was a corporation estate and many residents had the opportunity to buy their houses. They include a good friend of mine who made a beautiful job of the house in question. One must be careful not...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

David Norris: No.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: Having listened to this civilised and important debate, I am glad I put down this motion. There seems to be a type of zeitgeist at play, with the Gilligan-Zappone case and the work done by the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, GLEN. I honour the work done by all these people. It was pure fluke that the briefing to which I referred took place today. It was interesting that only two...

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: She is not the first judge to make a mistake.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: I know that.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: It is a different issue, but I agree with the Senator.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: The Senator certainly has.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: I move: That Seanad Éireann, acting upon the principles enunciated on behalf of the then Fíanna Fail/Labour Coalition Government in 1993 during the debate surrounding the decriminalisation of male homosexuality, in which the then Minister for Justice indicated that clear factual and cogent arguments rather than prejudice would be required to support discrimination in law against any Irish...

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: Declan Costello pointed out in 1967 that the Constitution is an organic and developing document. The United Nations defines "family" in a variety of ways that are not confined to this group. With regard to the Constitution, the Law Reform Commission sought and obtained opinion to the effect that the only way constitutionality could be challenged would be through legislation which purported...

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: Absolutely.

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: That is not over yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: I support Senator O'Toole's comments in respect of the morning-after pill. I was astonished to discover that a majority of young women who approach the medical authorities do not, because they were so drunk, know with whom they had sex or if they had sex. This behaviour places in context the Private Members' debate to take place later. There are people who do not want to allow respectable...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

David Norris: I am a true republican.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)

David Norris: I advise Members, in case they have not received notification and in light of tomorrow night's debate on civil marriage for gay people, that a briefing on this matter has been organised by GLEN in the AV room. People of different views might find it useful to attend that. The Leader graciously agreed to take a motion on landmines this week if possible. I do not know if it would be possible...