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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (6 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Will the Leader agree to a process whereby this House can monitor the health service through a series of debates, as we did in regard to the war in Iraq? I have been contacted by a former patient of St. Luke's Hospital who is extremely concerned about the impending rationalisation that will, among other things, remove access to the hospital grounds. She made the point that a major part of her...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (6 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (6 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Well then sit down.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (6 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Has the Senator declared it?

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (6 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (6 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I will.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I presume an Independent Senator will contribute.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: God be with the days when the Senator was one himself.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: That is stupid.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Why do the Irish not send troops to the Israelis, then?

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: The kidnapping took place after the motion was prepared.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I wish to share time with Senator O'Toole.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I was appalled by the speech I have just heard. It was extraordinarily one-sided and completely neglectful of the human rights of the Palestinian people. I have always supported the right of the state of Israel to exist. I would like to think the Government could do something positive by quietly facilitating a meeting between some of the leaders of the opposing sides in an out-of-the-picture...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: ——which has spread its plague all over the world, tearing up the Geneva Convention, rubbishing human rights and claiming might is right. Of course, we lickspittle to that regime because we only have dollar signs in our eyes. It is a bad day for this country that we cannot stand up for the underdog. I stood up all the time for the Israelis when they were under pressure, because I was...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I received a written commitment against it from Arafat.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Let the hare sit.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I thank Senator O'Toole for allowing me to share his time. I welcome the Minister of State and the Bill. I have spoken previously on these issues and remember being briefed some years ago by the Dublin Institute of Technology. I have a certain selfish interest because Trinity College, Dublin, conferred degrees for a number of years so I still have a residue of voters from that background. In...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: I want to ask about the situation regarding Aer Lingus because I agree with my colleagues that it would be good if the Minister came to the House because he has attended a meeting of the Joint Committee on Transport. However, this is our responsibility. We passed this legislation, neutering ourselves. It is the responsibility of Members on the Government side because the Government has a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: Yes, but a matter in which I have been consistently involved has been raised, namely, An Taisce. When an Irish Independent columnist starts writing about a columnist from The Irish Times there is only one reason I have ever seen for that and it is to cause mischief. In this case I would say that the use of the words "infection" and "criminal" was very unwise by An Taisce but it may well have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

David Norris: There is no problem, we are happy with being called a rabble.