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Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

David Norris: They cannot exist if there are no fish left.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

David Norris: The Senator should not worry. I am sure he will find the courage.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

David Norris: Manpower?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

David Norris: I support my colleague in what he said about Women's Aid. It is a very valuable organisation which has done tremendous work. The amount involved is negligible and the community gets a very good service from it. I also urge that this money be made available to it. Regarding salmon, I unequivocally congratulate the Government and in particular the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (1 Nov 2006)

David Norris: I am grateful to my colleague, Senator Quinn, for sharing his time with me. The motion is a very long and self-praising piece of work. I am reminded of the old cliché, self-praise is no praise. That is advice which the Government should take on board. I have a record of supporting the Government when I think it is right and criticising it when I think it is wrong. I agree with Senator...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (1 Nov 2006)

David Norris: In that case, I am put in a quandary. Once gain the Government is trying to pick a popular issue — rural housing. Allowing one-off housing is seen to be supporting the farmers. The Government is doing what it has a tendency to do in this area, which is curry favour with a specific element. As we are discussing housing, the Minister might remember a debate we had in this House last week...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Nov 2006)

David Norris: What about sharks?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Nov 2006)

David Norris: I am glad that Senator Brian Hayes raised the question of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board and the ludicrous fact that it is paying out more in claims than is being spent by local authorities on fixing footpaths. The local authorities should be spending more on their footpaths. Three weeks ago I had a serious fall in Wicklow Street. I did not sue anyone because I do not believe in...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

David Norris: That will be the day.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

David Norris: What?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I normally agree with Senator Morrissey on transport issues but I was astonished to hear him describe the flotation of Aer Lingus as a success. If the Government wanted to privatise it why did it frustrate Willie Walsh's attempts to take it over? In the process it lost the business leadership whose lack Senator Morrissey bewails this morning. The Government has got itself into this...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

David Norris: That was the point I was coming to. The motion addresses all the problems. The Government has commissioned reports and so on but has never once taken the scientific advice or implemented the conclusions. Ministers have come into this House and been evasive and economical with the truth and suggested they took on board some of the reports but they have never implemented their...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

David Norris: There is a tragedy waiting to happen and it will be too late when people are burnt to death. Then we will all lament and bewail the tragedy. We know about it now. I am using this opportunity to serve notice that a tragedy will happen which we can avoid if we implement the proper fire, hygiene and safety regulations.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: Which fireworks?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I too welcome the Minister of State, who made a very energetic and useful contribution to the debate on this subject by the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs on 10 October. I would like to pick up on one or two things said there. One significant matter perhaps not yet mentioned in this debate was the Government suggestion that the committee be renamed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Seanad: White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: What about training people in this country?