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Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

David Norris: They will sing when Condoleezza Rice gets her hands on them.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I would not hesitate.

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: My colleague, Senator Quinn, has requested to share my time. He is at a committee meeting and may not return to the House. However, I would like to make provision for it in case he does manage to come to the House. He is interested in this project.

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: In fact, I may not use all of the time allotted. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am rather sorry she indicated she will not continue in public life after the next election. Her absence will be a great loss to Irish public life. I have happy memories of serving with her, going back to my first term on the Oireachtas joint committee dealing with women's rights. I am sure she...

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I will be happy to make this information available to the Minister. I have detailed figures here and have requested that Mr. Rabbitt be allowed to make a submission to the Joint Committee on Transport. A colleague from one of the Opposition parties poured scorn on this and spoke about self-appointed experts but Mr. Rabbitt is an internationally acclaimed expert, while my colleague is a...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation: Motion. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister to the House. I have but a few remarks, as many of the salient points have been made by my colleagues. The Minister's contribution dealt with the technical parameters of the Act and I cannot think of a better person to deal with these issues. However, I refer to the terms and references of the draft order, which states, "matters relating to and surrounding the making of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I ask for a debate before Christmas on the issue of homelessness, particularly in our cities. We have many debates on child care, which is essentially a middle-class issue——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: Yes, it is. We are left here——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: Yes, it is.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I happen to think it is. One reads newspaper articles about people with two children, a house and cars who want the taxpayer to pick up the bill so they can have a third child——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I am just making that point.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: When we consider this issue, we should consider people who are more vulnerable——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I am discussing people who have absolutely nothing, 15 of whom died in recent weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: Neither of them are my problem. I am not homeless and I am not in a situation requiring child care. I am making the distinction that people seeking child care already have something and these people have nothing.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: I also request a debate on Iraq. The city centre of Ramadi was taken over by 400 armed men who claim to be members of al-Qaeda, on the day after President Bush again told a military audience he is winning his war. On top of that we are made complicit in the crime of torture because a Gulfstream V jet, which is an international pariah, is still allowed to conduct its torture missions through...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: Shock and awe.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

David Norris: Let us have a debate on it. I would be happy to put forward my views.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I wish to share my time with Senator Quinn.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I welcome this debate, but I am sorry it is so adversarial. We make a mistake by taking the attitude regularly that we will have one party praising the Minister and the other attacking him for failure. This carping style does not go down well with the public, particularly when dealing with a subject as serious as road safety. The debate has not been confrontational, but the terms are, which...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

David Norris: I support my colleague, Senator O'Toole, in his call for a debate on Irish Ferries. Virtually everybody agrees that the buccaneering attitude of Irish Ferries towards its employees and the thuggish way it introduced people to its ships, effectively smuggling security officers onboard, is just not tolerable. The President of Cyprus attended today's meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...