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Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Come on, it is a tribe.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

David Norris: The House is becoming very prim these days.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Exactly.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

David Norris: From the wigwam in Killarney.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

David Norris: He might be one day.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Excellent.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I found the Minister's speech very interesting, particularly when he hinted he might sniff an election in the offing, a comment that other speakers have echoed. I am worried that the possibility of an election might lead to a Dutch auction. Child welfare and the well-being of children should be at the centre of the child care debate. I am afraid we might revert to the Victorian position —...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Surely not.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I will be very damaged if I have to conclude. It is important to emphasise that a real debate about this matter is ongoing. Two minutes is not enough to establish a serious debate.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I am the one voice here who is critical of this situation. I have raised specific issues about the welfare of children and the nonsense of throwing money at the problem without really examining it. I regret that the Minister was so long-winded that I do not have an opportunity to say the many things I would like to say as part of this debate.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I have not pointed it out yet. It was the other Protestant, Tweedledee. We all look the same.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Senator Ross went to a real public school, not the minor one that some of the Minister's people went to.

Seanad: Suicide Prevention Strategy: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I am grateful to my colleague, Senator Cummins, for making some time available for me to make a couple of clear and specific points and recommendations. I hope the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, will bear them in mind and take them to his colleagues. This is a serious issue. Senators will be aware that committees of both Houses have looked at it in some detail and obtained expert...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Athlone International Airport.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: It seems there is only one issue before the House today, the tragic impact of the Ferns report. I hope that the decent faithful, as they call them in Ireland, will be able to separate the issues of their own faith from the scandalous behaviour of some of the officers of their church. I also hope that the decent priests, of whom there are many, do not get caught in the backlash. The people who...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: There is one final point I want to make specifically to this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: This Parliament cravenly gave in to a situation where the churches — not just one — were exempted from the implications of the equality legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Let us look at that again. Are these people, and is this organisation, fit to be given rights over and above every other institution to discriminate——