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Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

David Norris: I join my colleagues in expressing concern about the behaviour of certain sections of the media. I have raised this issue on several occasions and warned that we should not be pusillanimous in facing up to these sections of the press. It is horrifying to learn that Ireland on Sunday, a most disreputable newspaper, described Charlie Bird as "fair game". Who are they to decide which citizen is...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State who has acted expeditiously and provided the House with full reports. I also welcome the fact that he has published the surrounding documentation. Some of the latter is technical in nature and I do not propose to discuss it in any great detail. It is important, from the point of view of democracy, that this information has been placed before us. In providing...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2004)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2004)

David Norris: May I move the adjournment of the House?

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2004)

David Norris: I join with the tributes paid to the Cathaoirleach and the other officers of the House. I am very grateful to my colleague, the senior Independent Member, Senator Ross, for paying our tribute to Paddy Behan. I thank the Cathaoirleach for the kindness, forbearance and, on occasion, flexibility he has shown us.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2004)

David Norris: I thank the Leader in particular for the style and panache with which she has conducted the affairs of the House. It is quite unusual that, although she is plainly a party person — more power to her — she has defended the interests of the House when necessary, something that we welcome on all sides. Where would we be without Deirdre Lane and Jody Blake, who we are delighted to have back...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2004)

David Norris: I will be seeking a debate on this matter early on Tuesday morning. It is important that we record the established facts, the first being that they were travelling on false passports.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2004)

David Norris: No, this is a trailer. They were in an area controlled by very dangerous people and gave the apparently flippant excuse that they were bird-watching. I wonder whether we might have a little more information. Were they members of the Irish Wild Bird Conservancy before they left this country? We know that one of the men has a serious conviction for bombing. We must be careful and need not...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2004)

David Norris: Splendid.

Seanad: Tributes to Head Usher of the Houses of the Oireachtas. (17 Dec 2004)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

David Norris: I support my colleagues who raised the issue of migrant workers. It is a matter I have raised previously on the Order of Business. During the debate on the Immigration and Naturalisation Bill, I brought the question of work permits to the attention of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. As a result of the fact that work permits are in the possession of employers, they are...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

David Norris: Those people have been jailed for protecting their own civilian population.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Peace Process: Motion. (15 Dec 2004)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Peace Process: Motion. (15 Dec 2004)

David Norris: I thank Senator Ross for sharing time. As I did on yesterday's Order of Business, I commend the Taoiseach. Like Senator Ross, I come from a different background to some Members of the House. I was formerly a southern Unionist, I am Church of Ireland, I am not republican and I am a Nationalist only in so far as I love this country. I commend the Taoiseach because he behaved in a manly,...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Peace Process: Motion. (15 Dec 2004)

David Norris: The Taoiseach showed great maturity and the vast majority of the decent, ordinary people of Ireland, among whose ranks I include myself, strongly supported and saluted the Taoiseach for what he did on that occasion. I also like the approach taken by the Taoiseach in his speech. If it is a question of the glass being half full or half empty, the Taoiseach unhesitatingly states that it is half...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Peace Process: Motion. (15 Dec 2004)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Peace Process: Motion. (15 Dec 2004)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2004)

David Norris: We have not met our commitment or our targets. The Taoiseach has welshed on his pledge to the United Nations at a time when our finances are in much better shape than they were when he made the commitment.