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- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I draw the attention of the House to a very important anniversary that has been strangely overlooked. On this day 6,000 years ago God completed the creation of the universe, according to Archbishop Usher's chronology which was accepted in the 19th century and printed not only in the King James version of the Bible, but also in the Douay version of the Roman Catholic Bible. It would be a pity...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I support colleagues on what is perhaps a more immediately pressing matter, the Luas. We have had a series of discussions going back over many years on transport and particularly the metro system. It gives me no pleasure to say that before construction started on Luas, I predicted that there would be crashes and fatalities. I do not wish to wait for fatalities but I believe there will be...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I support his request, but I would also like to extend this because it is not enough justââ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I want to suggest an extension of the debate so that it takes into account the provision of a metro or underground system. That is the only system of transport that will resolve the problems of Dublin. I look forward to having the opportunity in the debate to putting all the arguments yet again. I hope the Government will have the courage to do something imaginative that would be in the...
- Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (27 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I hope he listens in detail to what is said because we are going to give him some advice on this situation. I am very glad that the motion put down by my colleague, Senator Henry, refers to how the Government can help. There are many ways it can help in Iraq and Palestine. I will not rehearse all that I have said before. The war is perfectly...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I strongly support Senator Brian Hayes in what he said about the need for a debate on the situation in the European Parliament. I do not agree with him about the cleverness of Mr. Barroso. He has shown himself to be totally incompetent. There are issues about several other Commissioners. For example, Mr. Barroso nominated a Commissioner in the competition directorate who has serious conflict...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Have Senators studied his voting record?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2004)
David Norris: He is in charge of equality.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2004)
David Norris: It is not a personal belief. It is an attempt to tell the truth.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I support what my colleague, Senator O'Toole, said earlier. I am glad he brought to the attention of the House the centenary of the birth of the poet Paddy Kavanagh. He is somebody of whom we can all be proud. I have no doubt whatever that he will have a growing international reputation. I slightly dissent from what Senator O'Toole said about who I take to be Oliver Gogarty who was a former...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I am glad Senator O'Toole raised that point but like all of us, Gogarty was a mixed event. I ask the Leader to suggest to the appropriate Ministers that they take a sophisticated view of the row currently going on inside the European Commission because attempts are being made to suggest that difficulties of Mr. Barroso concerning Signor Buttiglione are because he is a Roman Catholic. However,...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: If the Cathaoirleach does so, I believe he will find support for his authority redoubled in all sections of the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: This is the business of the day because I have put it down on the Order Paper.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Yes, but I believeââ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Perhaps the matter can be reconsidered because the Cathaoirleach heard very clearly the response of Members on all sides of the House.
- Seanad: Children Act 2001: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He is a very good person to be in charge of this area. I am now of an age that, when I was a child, terms such as attention deficit disorder and dyslexia were not recognised. Any child who was disruptive, of whom there were many, was battered into submission. I saw it happening in the school I attended and I am not sure it was a very good idea....
- Seanad: Children Act 2001: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: I always enjoyed playing. Nowadays it is not acted out in that way. Rather, it happens in front of a screen in an impersonal and dispassionate manner as one is simply splatting a very realistic target. I wonder if these technological advances and games may lie behind one of the most chilling aspects of one of the cases, namely, that the young person accused sat through the court proceedings...
- Seanad: Children Act 2001: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)
David Norris: Or that Department. The Minister of State has the support of this House in continuing to remove these obstructions because this is the will of the Oireachtas. We require and demand the full implementation of this legislation. Bellyaching about not having enough money will not wash in this climate. We are prepared to beard the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in the interests of...