Results 1-20 of 34 for 5 million speaker:David Norris

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

David Norris: Everybody receives a tax break on pensions. The Government set the levy at 3%, 6% and 10% depending on the rates of taxation. The actual rate is therefore 2%, 5% and 6% because the people on the highest salaries receive the largest tax breaks. That is a difference of €215 million.

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)

David Norris: On a point of order, section 10(4) states that a person convicted of an offence under this section is liable to a fine not exceeding €5 million so it is there in the text.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

David Norris: However, the Government uses the argument against this House. How much taxpayers' money is being squandered? We know Fine Gael gets €5 million in taxpayers' money and that party funds are used in its campaign. Those concerned are paying out of party funds. It is an unequal fight as people on this side have very few resources. They have their hands tied behind their backs and the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

David Norris: ...or advisers". Who are these people? They are not members of the commission. They are defined as any "person, consultant or adviser", which could be anybody. It could be any one of the 4 million or 5 million citizens of the State. The final line of subsection (8), which refers to not enabling "the person, consultant or adviser, for the purpose of performance by the Commission of that...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

David Norris: It is absolutely outrageous. The whole thing is a spin. On "Prime Time" on 5 May, in response to a question from Mr. Justin Kilcullen, the Minister of State said we were protecting short-term emergency humanitarian aid because that was where our focus was. We want to save lives, but we are saving lives with our programme in any event. Yet when the researchers contacted the Minister of...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2016)

David Norris: .... It is crucial work. People dismiss politicians as an elite. I do not see anything wrong with elites. It means the chosen, the best. Of course we want the best representing people. There are 4.5 million or 5 million people in this country. They elect a couple of hundred to represent them. Surely to God, that means that Members are worth something, for example, the same treatment...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

David Norris: ...the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs before the House to explain the rapid response corps? It may be a worthy initiative but I am somewhat concerned that we are spending €5 million of taxpayers' money on recruiting for the UN. Irish agencies such as Concern and GOAL already work in the same area and I would hate to think they are to be undercut. Let us put these...

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (3 Oct 2007)

David Norris: ...word "may" means the Government is not going to do anything — the track record suggests this is the case — then there will be nothing for the board to oversee. That also affects amendment No. 5. Amendment No. 5 is about the disbursal of moneys from the scheme. It is an attempt to follow what I am informed is best European practice in terms of the disbursal of moneys and it ensures...

Seanad: Progress in Relation to Climate Change: Statements (14 Feb 2019)

David Norris: .... According to the World Meteorological Association, greenhouse gas concentrations are once again at record levels, and if the current trend continues, we may see temperature increases of 3% to 5% by the end of the century. That is an astonishing, catastrophic situation. Ireland is still rated as the worst performing EU country. It is 48th in the list, and remains in the group of very...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2013)

David Norris: ...industry under the IASS proposals. With regard to Aer Lingus, the scheme is frozen and no additional funds will be paid into it. Outside the IASS, the current funds placed by Aer Lingus of €140 million are being allocated as follows: 2,570 current employees will share in a fund of €110 million, or approximately €92 million after productivity pledged on foot of cost...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

David Norris: ...in that area has not been entirely without odour. In my opinion the Minister has indicated - he will correct me if I am wrong as I would not want to do him an injustice - that there will be ¤200 million set aside for the national children's hospital. That is the kind of figure that is being talked of. Various estimations of the value of the lottery sale have been tossed around and...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

David Norris: ...the people and it is arrogant and unrepentant. The demeanour of its representatives before committees of the Oireachtas is appalling. They simply dismissed us. All the time we hear about €10 million here and €5 million there and what it could be used for in our hospitals. Has NTR no conscience? What about the application to which the taxpayers' money could be put if they did not have...

Seanad: Public Authorities and Utility Undertakings (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2019: Second Stage (3 Apr 2019)

David Norris: ...possible, not worrying about the question of quality. Then we have the question of the construction of the children's hospital. This is quite extraordinary. There was a low quality rating and 75% of it was awarded on the low cost and 25% of it on quality. That is ridiculous, particularly when the lowest bid was €130 million less than the next one. That is a margin of 20%, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Democratic Republic of Congo: Motion (13 Dec 2012)

David Norris: I move: Bearing in mind -the death of 5.2 million people over a ten-year period from war-related causes, the largest in any conflict since the Second World War, the illegal occupation of the city of Goma by the militia known as M23, the displacement of some 2.2 million people in the DRC, the forced movement of thousands of people to neighbouring countries, the 17-fold increase in the number...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)

David Norris: .... The Minister should be involved in this case. In the general context of the two previous items, I raise the extraordinary situation concerning the cut in overseas aid. On RTE's "Primetime" on 5 May, the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Power, a very decent man, stated that "we are protecting short-term emergency and humanitarian aid because that is where our focus is. We want to save...

Seanad: Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Mar 2012)

David Norris: ...with haemophilia, but not with von Willebrand disease. Perhaps I should know more about it. I am surprised that, whereas 600 people have haemophilia, 900 people, representing one third or 50% more - I am not good at arithmetic - have von Willebrand disease. I am curious about whether it is closely related to haemophilia. Should we know more about it? It seems a perfectly logical...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

David Norris: ...'Toole said, I do not agree that the matter of quantum may not be as relevant as it might appear to be. It is extremely relevant when a group of people inside the discredited banks believe that €500,000 is not enough income for a year in a period when we are cancelling the Christmas bonus, introducing prescription charges for people on medical cards and have a strike next Tuesday. It...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2021)

David Norris: ...attention to a report by EURORDIS Rare Diseases Europe, of which I am sure the Minister is aware. I raise the issue of hedge cutting during the bird nesting season. It is interesting that between 5% and 7% of the land area of the country is covered by hedgerow, which is a considerable amount. Between 2018 and 2020, at least 3,000 km of hedgerow and verges were cut by local authorities...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)

David Norris: ...I like the idea of pre-sanction reports. Before one goes in with the hatchet one finds out what the situation in the company is. There is absolutely no point in fining a company or an individual €5 million if they are virtually bust. A pre-sanction report should include information on the means and financial status of the undertaking, which is very important, and the previous...

Seanad: Registration Fees (3 Mar 2009)

David Norris: ...to pharmacy students and, in particular, the sophister students. I raised an issue regarding their situation in the previous session. It concerns the increase of their registration fee to €1,500. The fee seems extraordinarily high and the deadline for payment is also rather harsh. I anticipate the Minister of State's response. He will start by saying that the money is spent on...