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Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: My representative will raise it. It is a matter that would add to the strength and visibility of the business of the House. With regard to road safety, I agree with Senator Ryan. We should have a review of it but it is unnecessary to have a debate on the issue four times a year because the Joint Committee on Transport can examine the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Yes, I am speaking about the debate that has been called for by Senator Ryan. I support it but it is unnecessary to debate the issue four times a year.I have just come from the Joint Committee on Transport which was dealing with the issue of safety. Mr. Shaw appeared before it. There are serious issues that need to be addressed in this area that are not always addressed on the Order of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: ——on their way home from a nightclub.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I am supporting Senator Ryan's request for one. I had intended to seek a debate on Iraq but at the moment this is not a good idea because we have a muddied situation that needs to be explored. I cannot say that I extend sympathy to Mr. Carroll, for whom I have high respect as I do for his father, because one hopes and believes that because he appears to have been taken by the militia of...

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: The Senator has paid for that sort of response before.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: The Independent Members are not a party.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Well said, Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear. Well said, Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: He was very good.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: That would be splendid, since the figures will be issued. We must push this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I raised the question of the redress board when the issue of fees first became public knowledge a week or two ago. I listened with interest to the spokesperson of the Law Society. He was very disingenuous as he gave the impression that this is a rare occurrence and is limited to a few cases involving the board. That is not the situation. The principle exists throughout the legal profession...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I ask for a debate on the planning system. I refer to the last sentence from the statement by An Taisce. I am aware that An Taisce is not universally popular in this House——

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I am very proud to be a member of An Taisce. Every Member of this House should be a member——

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

David Norris: ——and they would be able to influence the direction it takes because that is the way democracy works. An Taisce stated that the unauthorised Standish development was seen as a national test case of the credibility of the Irish planning system. An Bord Pleanála has sent out the worst possible national signal that unauthorised development will be rewarded in the end.

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

David Norris: I am moved by the sensitive approach taken by Senator Kett in his excellent contribution. I always find non-confrontational debates of this kind very useful because they provide the Seanad with an opportunity to play a positive role and it is good the House discusses these matters. I was reminded the other evening that it was only 25 or 30 years ago that women Senators, for instance, the then...

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

David Norris: The attacks are unbalanced and unworthy. One must put them in the context where they challenge whether this is a gender-based issue. The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women states: ...violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by...

Seanad: European Union: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

David Norris: That is four minutes and two minutes.

Seanad: European Union: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

David Norris: A Superquinn of his word.