Results 19,941-19,960 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Israel-Palestine: Motion. (4 Feb 2004)
David Norris: That is splendid.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Feb 2004)
David Norris: The Leader should try Schiphol.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Feb 2004)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Feb 2004)
David Norris: I support the comments of my colleague Senator O'Toole regarding the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. It seems that he has displayed to the House substantial arguments leading to the conclusion that his Department is liable to a fair degree of maladministration and inefficiency. In light of this, the Department would be of far more use to the taxpayer if it directed its...
- Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: The Senator picked up on the trend of the debate. I do not accuse him of anything dishonest but merely point out that he was the person who introduced this idea. I wish he were right and that it were temporary emergency legislation. It is far more radical than that, however. There are no independent internal appeals mechanisms. There ought also to be an independent monitoring presence at...
- Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: Well said.
- Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: Committee Stage will be a farce.
- Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: There will not be a Committee Stage.
- Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: I will not rehearse the argument on the Order of Business, but a profound disservice has been done to democracy in Ireland by the Minister and his advisers. One of the most significant and courageous speeches that I have heard in the House was given today by Senator Mansergh. He represents the decent conscience of Fianna Fáil, and I honour him for it. He laid it on the line and said clearly...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: I have it too.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: I strongly support what Senator Terry has said. I have the document to which she referred. An accompanying note says the response from the bodies involved is work in progress given that they have only had two days to work on it. The bodies have struggled to produce the material and I received the document only five minutes ago. There is indecent haste and a vitiation of the democratic process...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: That makes it worse.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: Exactly.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: They need that support.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: The Dáil will still deal with the Bill on Wednesday. Surely we could have the High Court judgment in our possession before we legislate on it. The Deputy Leader is making our case.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: He is not here to discuss the amendments.
- Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: Exactly.
- Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jan 2004)
David Norris: The civil servants who are running it are allowed to defeat democracy.