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Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I will withdraw the suggestion that the Chair was interfered with malevolently but there is no doubt there is Government influence.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: We have been given a history lesson and told this is a long-standing practice. The Government has a long-standing commitment to avoiding implementing this scheme. The only reason it is introducing measures at this stage is that it has been found in breach of European law, as the Minister of State said. It did not implement the public lending right, PLR, scheme in the past.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I move amendmentNo. 4: In page 6, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following subsection: "(4) The Scheme should be overseen by a board or monitoring authority whose members shall include representatives from the Irish Writers Union and the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency.". In a way this is an absurdity because we are now talking about moneys and situations which may not exist at all....

Seanad: Visit of Canadian Delegation (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: As long as it does not cause a charge on the Exchequer, we welcome him. If it does, it is illegal and we cannot welcome the delegates, except in our hearts.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I take that as a qualified "Yes".

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: Absolutely.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I will withdraw it in light of the Minister of State's indication that the Government has a real commitment to introducing a public lending right scheme.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: His words are on the record of the House. I am grateful to the Minister of State, who has acted in a courteous manner as usual. This is an important issue. The Seanad has shown its relevance by teasing this matter out and getting the Minister of State's commitment clearly on the record of the Parliament. I accept that commitment absolutely and I am glad that it has been given. It also...

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: He has been here since time immemorial, as he has admitted. I am happy to accept what the Minister of State has said. He has done us a service by indicating, as I understand it, that the Government does not have any difficulty with the substance of these amendments. I thank Senator Leyden, who is qualified in this area and has a long-standing interest in and professional acquaintance with...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: Let us hear it for the Prince of Wales.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: We should bring him in and let the dead sheep savage him.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: I agree with Senator Fitzgerald that we should be worried about the financial position within the health service. As an ordinary person I am rather surprised at the inaccuracy of the figures given as projections by the Department of Finance. I know this is not an easy area but these figures are remarkably inaccurate from time to time. This looks like a bit of a bump, the effects of which...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Jody Corcoran?

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Is that a new appointment? Is that another of the Taoiseach's nominees? Splendid; fill the place with reporters, Eoghan Harris, Jody Corcoran——

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Let us have the lot, Vincent Browne, Miriam Lord——

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: I wish to add my voice to those that have congratulated the Cathaoirleach on his election to this distinguished post. I can think of nobody better equipped to fill the role. I met Senator Moylan in the car park when I had just learnt that he would be Cathaoirleach and said privately, as I am happy to say here, that he is an outstanding choice. As Government Whip of the Fianna Fáil group...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Senator Cassidy, the restored Leader of the House, referred to the media in trenchant terms. We do not need to be frightened. There are many new Senators here, including Senator Eoghan Harris who, having got it so spectacularly wrong on the war in Iraq, may find that in his reportage from the battlefront here in Seanad Éireann he is able to give the people who read the largest selling...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

David Norris: Does the Senator mean he was elected to the Dáil? There is not one Member on the Government side of the House who received more than approximately 100 real votes. To persuade the people of the fiction that they are genuinely elected, their votes must be multiplied by a factor of 1,000 so that a gullible public will consume the figures.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: What about the county councils? The university Senators have votes too. I have 5,000 or 6,000 votes.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

David Norris: We established a chair in the University of Liverpool.