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Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2007)

David Norris: Would the Minister like them to be guilty?

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2007)

David Norris: An appropriate image in the circumstances.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

David Norris: That is tomorrow's order.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

David Norris: No, it does not.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

David Norris: How refreshing it is to hear honest criticism of Government policy from that side of the House. It is a democratic practice and I welcome it. An Adjournment debate on the issue is appropriate but such a debate usually deals with one specific issue and I agree with Senator Leyden that it should not preclude a wider debate. As someone who, like most Dublin people, is one hop out of the bog,...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

David Norris: I second Senator Ryan's proposed change to the Order of Business. The House must have a discussion on rendition. It is time for honesty, which we have not had from the Government. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, has equivocated and refused to answer or evaded direct questions. Every time he has been asked about our complicity in rendition flights he has stated there...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

David Norris: I join my colleagues who seek a debate on the tribunals. While I am in favour of finding out the truth and believe the behaviour of some political figures in selling out has been shameless, €1 billion is a large sum of money. An audit of the costs of the tribunal should be carried out. It shocks me that the banks, which have been exposed over the years as being guilty of financial...

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, line 42, after "television" to insert "and digital radio mondiale". I am happy to welcome the Minister of State back to the House and regret I was not present on the previous occasion. I spoke extensively on Second Stage and tabled many amendments, which my colleague Senator Henry moved on my behalf because I was detained at a symposium in Trinity College....

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: Imagine that. Could it happen here? It might even be Senator O'Meara, if she manages to squeak into Dáil Éireann.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: She will not but she could be quite effective in the Lower House. One never knows; Tipperary, look out. The Honourable Helen Coonan——

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: ——Australian Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, states: Let's face it, adoption now [this is the Australian view of what we are doing] of a standard that is already 10 years old and may well be superseded, for implementation in another 2 to 3 years, would, in my view, be irresponsible.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: She is talking about the DAB standard.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: We will have no frivolity, please. Senator Norris without lewd interruptions from what should be his own side of the House.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: The Danish have had experience in this matter. A newspaper, Politiken, quotes Mr. Paul Samsøe, the head of engineering from the Danish equivalent of BBC Radio — or Danish state radio: [W]hen asked whether owners of DAB receivers would have to replace their DAB radios in five years time, Paul Samsøe replied: "Yes — just like you'll also have to get a new television set and a new mobile...

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: I acknowledge that I was briefed and that, to a certain extent, the technical material is beyond my capacity.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: It is no wonder the Government tabled those amendments to cover the situation.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: I understand that it is pestiferous and in violation of the rules of the House to refer to a Member's absence. I am sure my elderly colleague, Senator Mooney, and my even more elderly colleague, the other one whose name I have forgotten, will remember this in future.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: It is the other way around. The RTE Guide is the Irish equivalent of the Radio Times. It existed long before the RTE Guide. The Senator should not be parochial.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: I know that is the attitude here.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

David Norris: The Senator has got it the wrong way around.