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Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)

David Norris: I would like to formally move non-Government motion No. 20 in my name, which seeks to extend the time allowed for the Order of Business to 45 minutes. If the Acting Leader is prepared to defer No. 1 until after the Committee on Procedure and Privileges has met, I will be happy to withdraw my motion. Yesterday the Order of Business lasted for over an hour and was very successful. It is the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)

David Norris: Could Senator Mansergh speak a little bit louder? I cannot hear him so well.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)

David Norris: I heard part of the solo but it was drowned out by the chorus behind him, which does not seem to agree with him.

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: No.

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: I am happy to listen to the Minister of State. I was only teasing when I said "No" but Senator Henry wishes to contribute too. As long as Members are accommodated I am sure the Minister of State can be brief because he reads extremely quickly.

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: I am sorry to inhibit the Minister of State in this way but I am glad to have the opportunity to speak and to provide time for my colleague Senator Henry who will now have time to speak. I am glad too that the Minister of State has the facility to read at such great speed because otherwise we would not have had time to speak. What he said was rather interesting.

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: At the beginning of his speech he referred to social partnership. It is a pity he was not here for the Order of Business today because my colleague, Senator Ross, raised an important point about the transfer of powers extra-democratically to this unelected and not entirely representative body. I agree with the Minister of State that social partnership and such discussions have laid the...

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: Well, €2 is less than a third of that. Sarah, a domestic worker from Sri Lanka, stated: The December 2004 tsunami destroyed my family's land. My father and uncles have no work. I have to stay here so I can send money to them. One day, my employer threw a wet, dirty cloth in my face and told me to clean the floors. Her children sat at the kitchen table laughing at me. I cried and...

Seanad: Strategy for Men's Health: Statements. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State and his adviser to the House. I was glad to have heard the concluding remarks of what my colleague, Senator Feeney. They were extremely interesting and helpful. I am also glad I had an opportunity to glance through the Minister of State's speech. I apologise for not being here earlier to hear all the debate but I was detained elsewhere on a matter concerning...

Seanad: Strategy for Men's Health: Statements. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: I apologise if the Cathaoirleach is distressed by my revelation.

Seanad: Strategy for Men's Health: Statements. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: Could I complete my course?

Seanad: Strategy for Men's Health: Statements. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: Could I complete my course because I was in mid-sentence?

Seanad: Strategy for Men's Health: Statements. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: A patient such as myself receives a PSA test, which is a blood test that can determine whether one has a cancerous tumour. There are circumstances, to which I will return, where such tests are necessary. I had a very severe reaction to an investigation that went wrong, as a result of which I nearly died as I contracted septicaemia. This is unnecessary and I can explain to the House how it can...

Seanad: Strategy for Men's Health: Statements. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: "The Perils of Pauline".

Seanad: Strategy for Men's Health: Statements. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: I am grateful for the Cathaoirleach's indulgence.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: The fiction of independence should be preserved in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: What about Senator Higgins?

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: I would like to refer to the Order Paper and the fact that the last item among the papers laid before the House is the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution's Tenth Progress Report: The Family. The Order Paper also lists my Bill, namely, the Civil Partnership Bill 2004 which deals with one of the issues in this regard. I propose substituting an amended Bill in light of the debate...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

David Norris: This may sound humorous but it is not intended to be. In the last week of the Dáil session the Ceann Comhairle said, "Ah for frig's sake, Enda". That was widely reported and broadcast by the media yet the comment does not appear in the Official Report because it was excised. A similar incident occurred in this House when a colleague of mine expressed concern about the high levels of adult...