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Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: They are not.

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I would also like to compliment my colleague, Senator O'Toole, on tabling this motion. I know the Senator and Senator Brian Hayes have been pushing this matter. When I was considering it myself, I thought I had struck it lucky because I found something that was so absurd it would grab the attention of the House. Senator O'Toole beat me to it. I am referring to this extraordinary and...

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I stand corrected. Regardless of whether the introduction was 2006, it will not be put in place yet anyway. Cynically, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, got a transitional arrangement agreement under which construction works for which planning permission was sought on or before June 30 last are exempt provided they are substantially completed by...

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: They certainly do.

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: Could they not be employed building better houses?

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: Why do we have to buy carbon credits?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: He was very factual.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I support the calls for a debate on salmon drift net fishing. I raised this matter previously, as have other Members, over many years. We know, for example, that the Government previously received scientific advice which it did not accept. The situation on fish stocks is now regarded as catastrophic, according to an independent group headed by Professor Tom Collins which has made a clear...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Mental Health Commission Report 2005: Statements (19 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I thank Senator Browne for sharing his time with me. This is an important opportunity for us to make statements and express views on the sensitive topic of mental health. In the old days, people with mental difficulties were regarded as a pariah group. We should look with gratitude to that great figure, Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, who founded St. Patrick's Hospital. He made...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Register (18 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I thank the Minister of State for providing us with the Minister's response. I do not find it entirely satisfactory because it is a type of wing and a prayer response. We hope the election will not take place early, a hope I fervently share, and that these people will be on the register. However, the Minister of State said that the 1937 Act does not provide for a supplement to the...

Seanad: Pre-Nuptial Agreements: Motion (18 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I thank my colleague, Senator O'Toole, for sharing his time with me. When I looked at this matter, I thought it was another facile idea of the Government to amend it. I did not see the point in the amendment. Now I do, having listened to the Minister. The Law Reform Commission is over-burdened. The Minister has commissioned a special report and I take it that this is in response to the...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Register (18 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I express my gratitude to the staff of the House. I had not anticipated this debate would be called so early. Like everyone else, I had expected a vote at 7.15 p.m. and I was meeting a guest when they managed to contact me. I am grateful for their usual efficiency. The matter I wish to raise has been advertised in The Irish Times and elsewhere. Regrettably, as a result of human error, a...

Seanad: Pre-Nuptial Agreements: Motion (18 Oct 2006)

David Norris: The Minister is a dewy-eyed romantic. Children often exist before the marriage.

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)

David Norris: That is very kind. I very much appreciate it.

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I have telegrammed mine, so to speak, and there may be an opportunity for my colleague to contribute.

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I also welcome the Minister of State to the House and I welcome the tone of his speech. It is significantly different from some of the earlier speeches delivered on this subject in this House. I also welcome very much the balanced speech of Senator Mooney, particularly his condemnation of the use of cluster bombs. He is right. That was condemned by the most senior humanitarian official as...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

David Norris: I join with Senator Brian Hayes in calling for a debate on the children's hospital. Senator Feeney was inaccurate in what she told the House; I am sure it was unintentional. I raised this issue immediately upon learning of it. I did so in light of the fact that there were calls from a group of senior consultants asking that an international peer review panel be established. It would not...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

David Norris: ——that had nothing to do with medicine but everything to do with the completely inappropriate ethical committees that sat in judgment.