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Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I have a little hesitation about this. Amendment No. 5 is so broad that it could cover people such as Mr. Grant who operated in Gardiner Street, Dublin, and behaved in the most disgraceful fashion. I would not like to see that. Perhaps licence will not be given to people who posed as architects in the past because a qualifications system and an assessment board will be in place. Giving a...

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: It would not. It would make me feel very well.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: It was a photograph of a sheep but it does not mean cows would not look through also.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: It would be a danger to the sheep.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: And it was not An Taisce this time.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: It did not.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Why did we abolish the groceries order?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I have no opposition to the amendment as long as time is provided next week to continue our discussion on the Bill, which it is important to do.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: We do.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I support the amendments. I do not have any doubts about the integrity of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland. A question of principle needs to be considered in this context. There was a time when the Government agreed with Senator Bannon and I that independence was an essential aspect of the role of bodies such as the Garda Ombudsman Commission. However, it seems to be wavering....

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: A pleasant and nice gentleman told me that he had been pursuing a grievance for 22 years. I told him that while that may very well have been the case, it took him until 5 p.m. yesterday to send his submission to me. The problem was that I had made my Second Stage speech a couple of weeks earlier. I acknowledge that some very responsible briefing work has been done by professional groups...

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: May I make a correction? It is a grammatical one. "Fulsome" does not mean what the Minister thinks it means; it means revoltingly oily and over-indulgence. People often say fulsome but it is an inappropriate use of the word.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Or perhaps they were oily.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Is it appropriate for the Leader of the House to refer to the absence of a Member?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Every little helps.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I also support Senator Cox and I am glad her proposal has been seconded. I look forward to the vote. In particular, I welcome the manner in which she introduced the matter because she asked for a debate rather than making a knee-jerk response by demanding mandatory sentences. Members should listen to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, as this matter is problematic. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: In that case, I welcome the points made by Senator Cox, as well as the manner in which she raised the matter, which was highly appropriate. I greatly welcome the interview given to An Phoblacht — not a journal I regularly take — by Mr. Gerry Adams. I make this point as someone who had threats issued against his life by republicans. It was a remarkable interview and I salute his courage....

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: In tandem with Senator Hayes, I ask for a debate on the site of the theatre. It is unacceptable that capitalist buccaneers can hold the people of Dublin to ransom——