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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2006)

David Norris: I agree with some colleagues on this side of the House that elderly people are terrified. They are terrified because of the lies told by the newspapers and the disgraceful language employed in attacking a decent woman who is doing her best and has provided an interesting idea. This House should tell the truth on what is involved. I deplore the fact that old people are being unnecessarily...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2006)

David Norris: And a concern for voters.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Stress the second syllable. It is an iamb.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Maith an fear.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Senator Ó Murchú is due to speak next.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Whatever about heraldry, it is refreshing to discover that the art of prophesy has not vanished from the earth because Senator Kieran Phelan who, I am glad to say, is a representative of one of the distinguished septs of my own part of the country, Ossory, was able to imagine or prophesy in his typed-up script what Senator Ryan said. The Minister said on page three of his script or whatever...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: History does not reveal which part of the globe he originated from, but he ended up in Tangier. In his speech, the Minister is certainly right about the question of the Gaelic chieftains. This is a very interesting area because it is so full of contradiction and paradox. I have a cousin of some kind who is, or styles himself, theMacGiolla Phádraig. He is certainly the descendent of the...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Why not celebrate Daniel O'Connell, the great pacifist, the Liberator, the man who, for the sake of not shedding blood, cancelled the last of his monster meetings?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: I agree with Senator White. I thought the headlines were appalling and irresponsible. The Minister has put forward an interesting proposal. A degree of sensitivity is required. It is possible to add to it because there is potential for unfairness. There are different values for houses and it may affect some people more than others. I have worked with Age Action Ireland and have heard it...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: It ended before the time allocated had elapsed.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: On drugs, I share the horror at the death of this young man. It was only a matter of time before there were civilian casualties in this war. It is a very problematic area. This country cannot handle it on its own. It is an international problem. I take the very unpopular but realistic view that we need to legalise, license and control these substances. What is driving the trade...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: The denial of the Holocaust is a catastrophic moral blemish on the people of Iran.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: The people from the West should have gone there to tell the truth. My final point is——

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: An honourable Palestinian delegate from Nazareth wanted to attend and say that the Holocaust had happened. The Iranians, having issued an international invitation, refused to allow him to attend. They should have been shown up by every reputable scholar from the West turning up there to tell the truth.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: It would have collapsed earlier if I had not come from a meeting and spoke on it.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: No, but I looked it up in the Bill to see if Senator Ryan had defined it, which he had not.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: Senator Ryan indicated it needed to be defined.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: I am being vexillatious.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

David Norris: This is an anti-Protestant plot. The Senator did not attend Trinity College.