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- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)
David Norris: The country is swimming in booze.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)
David Norris: We were elected by the postal method.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)
David Norris: Different coloured envelopes were used.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)
David Norris: All 800 of them. What a good show. How democratic.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: Five minutes.
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: I thank Senator Tuffy for making this time available to me. I have an interest in the Bill for a number of reasons. As a matter of principle, I have always supported independent regulation for professions, including the news media and newspapers in particular, which lash out and ask others to be regulated independently, but are not keen on it for themselves. While I support independence and...
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: That is good.
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: Did she really?
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: She does not have quite as much in common with me as the Minister of State thought.
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: I read nothing other than the reports of Seanad proceedings. I keep a constant supply in the lavatory. I find it extremely moving.
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: Excellent. I do not attend to such lower needs in the bed. Perhaps the Acting Chairman does, but that marks another significant cultural difference.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: It is not the case.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: John Waters is notoriously inaccurate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: Candles would be lovely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: I join with Senator Brian Hayes in his concern about the attitude of the Government towards the National Children's Hospital in Tallaght. I will simply point out that the name "national children's hospital" resides legally with Tallaght Hospital. This must be examined as does the fact that the Government gave clear commitments to Tallaght that the National Children's Hospital would be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his assistance and I am definitely seeking a debate. The guardian ad litem was introduced in this House after a long battle as a result of an amendment put down by myself and seconded by Senator Ryan of the Labour Party. The Senator was not then of the Labour Party, he was still moderately independent.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: I am sure the Cathaoirleach does not need it because his knowledge of the Seanad and its history is encyclopaedic. It must be said the system was first introduced in Britain as a result of a case in which a young girl was returned to her abusive family and murdered.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
David Norris: It was to prevent that kind of scenario that the guardian ad litem system was introduced. I have no regrets about being responsible for it. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his helpful suggestion.