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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)

David Norris: I compliment Senator Ruane, who has shown considerable commitment to this House, coming in here when she is suffering from flu. Well done to her. I would also like to compliment her eminence grise, Sebastian, who I see in the Gallery. They are a very remarkable team. Just a couple of weeks ago, a survey was done by the Irish Penal Reform Trust among people with convictions. The greatest...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

David Norris: I apologise in advance if I am a little more rambly than usual because I had a nasty fall yesterday and I just had the flu injection so who knows what I might say?

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 Jan 2011)

David Norris: ...pressure in these very difficult economic times can be facilitated. We heard on the wireless today about people cancelling their VHI policies and about a family with a child recovering from swine flu that had no cooking capacity because its electricity and gas supply had been cut off. In such circumstances, when families are suffering, what conditions are the students likely to be in? As...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

David Norris: ...how he would have to remove his family's VHI coverage and to another whose gas and electricity have been cut off. The latter has a house full of children, one of whom is recovering from swine flu. The family has no means of cooking. This is appalling and must be addressed. I would like to make a few positive points. I wish well my colleague, Senator Shane Ross, who has announced his...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

David Norris: ...in a supermarket car park. She knew the traders only used it one day a week and it was not that day. She got a ticket and put it on her car and thought she was all right. She was in bed with the flu and the Garda arrived in a van to take her to Mountjoy yesterday. Are we mad or what? What are the priorities in this country? She is a very private person. She asked us to raise the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

David Norris: ...are concentration camps for animals and are extremely dangerous. If we lose respect for other creatures on this planet, we quickly lose respect for ourselves and for our fellow humans. Avian flu spreads like wildfire and the virus is capable of mutating within these horrible places, in which hundreds of thousands of birds are stuffed. Yesterday, I mentioned this matter to my colleague,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Feb 2004)

David Norris: ...and caused danger to livestock and human beings. Legislation in this area should also cover exotic birds. It is very important that we have this legislation, particularly in light of the avian flu and the possible pandemic that may arise. If we find we have no legislation to control the import of birds that may be carriers of the virus, we could be in trouble. It would be responsible...