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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

David Norris: ...vicious weapons. A large percentage of these people were children, and this is the especially vicious, filthy and nasty thing about cluster bombs. When they break up in mid-air, the cluster bombs land and look like toys, and I think this is done deliberately. Children pick them up and then they are killed or maimed, and it is a shocking thing. Some 123 countries have decided to ban the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

David Norris: ...me with the Bill and the explanatory memorandum on which I will rely. The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Planning and Development Acts to improve the level of protection afforded to Ireland's built heritage. The Bill will ensure that such protection and the expertise available to support it are based on the existence of effective expertise within planning authorities and An Bord...

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

David Norris: ...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 during the prohibited...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)

David Norris: ...good job. He has filleted the Bill of the Minister, Deputy Ross. He has destroyed it. He has left it in shreds. I would love to see the face of the Minister, Deputy Ross, when this banana skin lands under his right foot, or under his right hoof, I should say.

Seanad: Climate Action Plan: Statements (4 Jul 2019)

David Norris: ...is a planetary problem. The rainforests do not belong to Brazil. They were there long before the Spanish or the Portuguese conquered Brazil. They are part of our inheritance and the bogs in Ireland are part of the world's inheritance as well because we are not alone and we have responsibility for the other life forms on this planet. As an aside, I would also like to say that we are...

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

David Norris: ...for the Government to find out if these are the kinds of ideas that somebody who is up for judicial appointment might have. I certainly think it should bar people from the highest court of the land if they believe they are implementing the law of God or interpreting the mind of God. These are people who are highly dangerous because of their beliefs. I will leave ideological beliefs to...

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

David Norris: ...Court would not have any say in the matter. That is daft. Why should the Supreme Court not have a say? Of course it should. The Supreme Court is, as its title states, the supreme court of the land. In appointing judges I would have thought that the views of members of the Supreme Court would be of interest and of use. I have no difficulty whatever in supporting Senator McDowell's...

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 Apr 2019)

David Norris: ...made a robust defence of this and suggested there is no conflict of interest. Even in his own contribution there is a conflict of interest. One of the areas over which the council is charged is land use, planning and management. This is classic. It could not be clearer. There is a conflict of interest. I have to say, with very engaging honesty, Fingal County Council has acknowledged...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

David Norris: ...to India. Thirty years ago I went on a semi-secret mission to Tibet for the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, UNPO, to write a report on human rights. The first thing I noticed on landing in Lhasa was an enormous Chinese cement factory, which was really a small city belching out smoke. The second thing I recognised was that there were military camps all over the place with...

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

David Norris: ...is "no problem", to quote the former Minister for Finance, the late Deputy Brian Lenihan. It is quite extraordinary. It is as if the Minister, in a situation of war with bombs falling, missiles landing and poison gas everywhere, is putting his nose outside the House wondering whether to take an umbrella. This is a war, and it is an extraordinary-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

David Norris: ...? The shrinking violets of the Palace of Westminster take some taking. It is wonderful to hear a refreshing dose of the truth from Donald Tusk. I sincerely hope that those people who have landed Europe into this catastrophic situation go to hell. The unfortunate thing is that I have not believed in hell since I was a small child. It is absolute rubbish to think that an all-wise,...

Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)

David Norris: ...a requirement into the Constitution that every citizen is entitled to a home. That would bring about unnecessary legal complications and I am not sure it is the case. There is still a lot of land hoarding and remarkably local authorities are among the chief culprits as they are sitting on enormous quantities of land. Why do they not use it? They know that there is a housing crisis,...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

David Norris: ...manifesto in 1977, which was before many of the Senators were born. I was trustee for the child in the X case. That was an eye-opener. That lovely family were strongly pro-life, and then it landed. That is what happens. When these human situations hit the family, there we are. This legislation is rushed.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

David Norris: It is a higher court. It is the Supreme Court of the land. There is no higher court. Of course it is a step up. The decisions are more serious.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

David Norris: He hesitated. He thinks the idea is too delicate and requires political correctness. It is a higher position, the candidate gets more money and the views expressed are the law of the land. One could not get higher. One could not get a bigger promotion. It is spelt p-r-o-m-o-t-i-o-n - promotion. With the focus on confidentiality, there is a frightful whiff of the Cosa Nostraor some other...

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2018)

David Norris: ...amendment No. 1:In page 16, line 18, after "given in" to insert "an educational institution or in". I have very valuable and able seconders, including my colleague, Senator Bacik. I have just landed from a six hour flight so I am a bit daft. Senator Warfield and probably Senator Ruane also support the amendment. I have been briefed on these matters by Professor Eoin O'Dell. I am not...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

David Norris: I second Senator Bacik's amendment. She made the arguments extremely well. I point out to the Government that the GRECO report will not go away. It will land with a splat and the criticisms will be out there to be reckoned with. I refer to comments the Taoiseach made in New York about the media. He was perhaps a little ill-advised to align his views with those of President Trump but when...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

David Norris: The President is the highest office in the land.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

David Norris: ...recommendation of the GRECO report in stating that the chairperson shall be the Chief Justice. It is perfectly reasonable that the chairperson be the Chief Justice, the most eminent jurist in the land, somebody with a lot of experience and understanding of the situation. Earlier in the debate reference was made to taxi drivers. I cannot imagine taxi drivers having somebody who was not a...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)

David Norris: ...The Minister of State talks about the two-state solution. It is impossible. He talks about the two states with secure borders. How can the Palestinians have secure borders? There are two scraps of land and in the West Bank they are peppered with Israeli settlements, like measles. How can we possibly say to the Palestinians they have a secure border when they are completely and utterly...