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Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: I am happy to support this important amendment. I am intrigued by Senator White's version of full support for the Minister. It was very interesting that while her argument supported comments on this side of the House, she intends to vote in support of the Minister of State. I hope attention is paid to her words as she made the very effective point that we will in fact disbar people from...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: It is an important point of principle that the very people who most require parental leave will be disbarred from availing of it. I do not believe the saving to the Exchequer will be enormous considering the level of wastage in the public service. An obvious example is the €50 million it will cost to store electronic voting machines, which are mere junk. Can the Minister of State enlighten...

Seanad: Privacy and Defamation: Statements. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: It would ensure the bankruptcy of the newspaper.

Seanad: Privacy and Defamation: Statements. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform who, as usual, has been a refreshing presence in the House. He made a remarkably interesting and professional contribution in which he cited a number of case precedents and legal arguments of a refined and, to some, almost arcane nature. Certainly, he addressed the principal features of the subject under discussion. I will comment...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: I find myself in the happy position of wanting to agree with two of my colleagues on the Fianna Fáil benches. First, I agree with Senator Ó Murchú, although normally I deprecate the idea of apologies. We have had apologies for the famine and the flood, which are completely irrelevant tripe. However, on this occasion people, some of whom are still alive, suffered a massive injustice so the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Can I raise one final point? I heard the Leader of the House on the radio this morning. She performed extremely well. She called for clear and explicit sex education. We should have a debate on that. I was in Waterford a week ago and three wonderful and courageous women from Cork spoke on the issue of sexuality. All three of them had lesbian daughters. One in particular said that her child...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Yes, there are tickets for sale.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: And the other committees.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Name and shame.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Very little. However, my house is on the Greek side.

Seanad: Human Rights Abuses. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: I am grateful to my friend and colleague, Senator Ross, for allowing me to share in this debate. Perhaps the Leas-Chathaoirleach would indicate to me to leave some time for my colleague, Senator Henry, because I am inclined to run on. I had the opportunity of meeting Mr. Bennett on 21 May 2003. He told us that the European countries, particularly Ireland, could be of considerable help in the...

Seanad: Human Rights Abuses. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear. There is a separation of powers.

Seanad: Human Rights Abuses. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: His grandfather was Irish.

Seanad: Human Rights Abuses. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2004: Statements. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Senator Mooney without interruption.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2004: Statements. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: I am.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2004: Statements. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: I do not wish to speak. I came to join my colleague, Senator Ross, in his Adjournment matter. We knew that Senator Mooney had the first matter on the Adjournment, so when we saw him popping up on the screen——

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2004: Statements. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Yes, we panicked.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2004: Statements. (8 Feb 2005)

David Norris: They are in different parties. That is the essential difference.