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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: The Senator had better not collapse it again.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I rise once more to raise the question of the unlawful killing of Mr. Shane O'Farrell by an eastern European drug addict driving an uninsured car.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Yes, I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for his assistance. That is the point I was going to make. This matter has been ongoing for seven and a half years and during almost all of that time I have been raising it issue consistently in the House. It is a very long time but the Minister has just announced the appointment of Judge Gerard Haughton to conduct a scoping exercise into matters...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: No, not today. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach again for his assistance. I will be pushing the matter tomorrow if I do not get a positive response today. Fianna Fáil proposed this in the Lower House. I have had some discussions with the Fianna Fáil Senators and am hoping they will support me in pushing this through and making sure that we have an independent inquiry. In the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: With the crime statistics going down.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: The Senator will make the headlines
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: And the Oscar goes to Senator Ó Ríordáin.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I will push the matter to a vote next week.
- Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: The Bill is a response to an incremental situation that has been developing for several years. Provision in this area was not a spontaneous decision of the Irish Legislature but, rather, was instigated by the European Union. The first legislation to address it was enacted in 1998 and provided 14 weeks leave for parents of children up to the age of five. The next relevant Act, enacted in...
- Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: No one did.
- Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: What are the costs made up of?
- Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Will that be left to employers or will the Government make a contribution to the payment?
- Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: If the employers had to pay for the parental leave entitlement, it would threaten small and medium firms.
- Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
David Norris: We have had a lot of lobbying.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
David Norris: And rising.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
David Norris: By Chinese businessmen.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I am not on my telephone.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
David Norris: It is like a telephone exchange.