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Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Oct 2020)

David Norris: That is all I need. I welcome the Minister to Seanad Éireann. I have been contacted by a constituent who is concerned about this matter. She is concerned about the apparent lack of consultation and I wonder if the Minister will comment on that. The other issue is that all the administrative files which show how the abusive system worked will be withheld. That is a mistake. My view...

Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2019)

David Norris: I thank the Minister. That is good news. The alliance has said that anything less than unfettered access to birth certificates which are already public records and unredacted early life and adoption records is deeply discriminatory to adopted people and those born in mother and baby homes. Particular reference is made to access to medical information which is extremely important. Adoptees...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 May 2019)

David Norris: I move amendment No. 4:In page 8, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“(2) Section 27 of the Act of 2015 is amended by the insertion of the following new subsection after subsection (5):‘(6) When a child is conceived through non-clinical Donor Assisted Human Reproduction procedures should be in place to recognise a second intended parent as a legal...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Apr 2019)

David Norris: This Bill is very welcome and I congratulate the Minister on introducing it. My colleagues and I have received many submissions from members of the public, most of them female couples. This is a very important matter and I am glad that the Minister is addressing it. She does say that some of this depends on the introduction of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act...

Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

David Norris: Like Senator Bacik, I welcome the Minister. I thank her for her detailed analysis of the Bill and her willingness to extend the time for debate. She has shown quite a lot of flexibility and there appear to be a number of amendments in the pipeline, which is very welcome. Regarding the names she provided in respect of the entities from which the State obtained records - St. Patrick's Guild,...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (27 Jan 2015)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister and it is my honour to second the amendment tabled by Senator Power. The Minister began by acknowledging the Irish women and children who were in mother and baby homes in this country, but only some and not all of them. Why not go the whole hog now, instead of endlessly having to revisit this issue? Over the last few years I have raised a number of homes,...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

David Norris: ...I wish to do so again today, albeit in particularly tragic circumstances, that is, of a woman who was brought to hospital - I believe she was 39 weeks pregnant - in a state of cardiac arrest. Her baby daughter was delivered by Caesarean section but was severely brain-damaged and could not possibly survive without life support. Her mother had been nominated as the baby's next of kin and...

Seanad: Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (6 Dec 2012)

David Norris: This is an extremely important debate and what has happened here today in this House illustrates that. It is remarkable that every woman who spoke here took a charitable and understanding view of the complex issues. However, not all of the men did so. It was very courageous of Senator Power to put her personal story, with all its complexity, before the House and to illustrate that Fianna...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)

David Norris: I welcome the fact that Senator Heffernan has raised the matter so sensitively. It is clear that the matter must be addressed. A young woman in the prime of life and full of vitality was taken from her family. Apparently certain facts have been established. She was admitted to hospital suffering from severe pain. It increased and got worse after a day and she and her family requested a...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Áine Brady, and this necessary Bill. While I have some reservations and questions about it, generally it is improving legislation. These are difficult economic times in which to cope with vulnerable and elderly people. Yesterday, I received a communication from a very fine young graduate on the situation faced by him in the care of his elderly...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: ...people who may have been well intentioned in the beginning, but what they did was absolutely incomprehensible. They built what effectively is a death camp on one of the most polluted tailing stands from lead mines that exist throughout Europe — a toxic slag-heap of 100 million tonnes of lead waste. To date 77 people have died in the camps. More than 50 women have aborted because of the...