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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

David Norris: I thank the Cathaoirleach.I was not in the House last week, so I did not get the opportunity to comment on the Pat Finucane affair. From my background as a southern unionist, I take it extremely badly that the British Government has shown itself to be totally untrustworthy. It is very shocking to me that the British Government first tried to get Her Majesty the Queen to lie, then it broke...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

David Norris: ...not aware of the decision of the Supreme Court in London but I gather it is positive and I very much welcome that. I have never been anything but greatly averse to the IRA and all its doings, but Pat Finucane was a professional man going about his professional responsibilities in representing citizens. He was murdered by a collection of loyalist thugs. Of course there should be a...

Seanad: Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

David Norris: ...Dublin football team. We had a choice between going shark spotting and having a ten-bob lobster lunch in Mrs. Vaughan's hotel. As I am very greedy, I went for the lobster lunch. I relaxed and patted my expanded belly. From the foreland, I looked out over the cliff and there was a pod or whatever one calls it of sharks. Tony came back and he had not seen as much as a tailfin. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

David Norris: ...Honan, Sean Fallon as Cathaoirleach, Seán Doherty, Liam Cosgrave, Liam Naughten, who was tragically killed in a car crash, Senator Paddy Burke, who was here earlier and was a wonderful Cathaoirleach, Pat Moylan, Rory Kiely and the current Cathaoirleach, who has been one of the best Cathaoirligh because, although he comes from a Fianna Fáil background, he has shown complete...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

David Norris: I have a very considerable volume of e-mails, all supporting the idea of closing the pubs on Good Friday. I was on "Pat Kenny" this morning. He rang me up and asked if I would do an interview.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2016)

David Norris: ...for Members, so there is no question but that it is very practical. However, one cannot but listen to the voice of somebody like the very distinguished former director of the National Museum, Mr. Pat Wallace, who has made some very sharp comments indeed about this matter. I would like to suggest to the Cathaoirleach and the Leader that a delegation of, say, six Members of the Seanad go...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Norris: ...able to pee standing up. I find that extraordinary, but it is an important and practical aspect of the situation. In my radio reminiscences, I remember an occasion 25 years ago when I was on a Pat Kenny show.

Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2014)

David Norris: I do not agree with the amendment. The explanation offered by the Senator concerning the former Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, relates directly to the point I made on Second Stage. This overuse of FOI legislation means that no records are kept of discussions at the Cabinet and elsewhere which are held privately, off the record and lead to critical decisions being made because Ministers do...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)

David Norris: Yes. Can we continue to follow the jobs' trail because it appears that anybody on the Government side who behaves treacherously towards Seanad Éireann receives a very nice little pat on the head and other rewards? This is interesting as it is similar to what took place in Gandon's parliament. We should do a study of former Senators who go to the Lower House and rubbish the House they...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

David Norris: ...refers. We have to be careful when we quote so-called experts. I have not had the pleasure of reading Mr. Ferguson's analysis. I am sure he is a highly distinguished man. Certainly, he brought Pat Kenny to indignant life this morning on the wireless when Senator Mullen produced all this stuff. Coincidentally, this morning I received a distinguished paper from someone on completely the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)

David Norris: ...or grandstanding for it. We should take a principled stand on this and act the way the British did, to a certain extent, with the Leveson inquiry. With regard to the distinguished lawyer, Mr. Pat Finucane, it is extremely worrying that it is acknowledged by the Prime Minister of the neighbouring island that agents of the state were involved in moves that led to the murder of a citizen. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with IBEC and IEA (14 Nov 2012)

David Norris: ...will last that long. Ultimately, it is likely that within 50 years capitalism will be banjaxed and I hope that will be the case. Of course, we are going to re-enter the markets. We are being patted on the back by the troika and all kinds of people. Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble visited Ireland to tell us how well we were doing and that we were an example to be pointed to. Yes, that is so...

Seanad: Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (27 Jun 2012)

David Norris: ...area and there was a problem in attracting companies with the necessary wealth to engage in highly technical deep water drilling. The rewards potentially are enormous. I compliment Senator Pat O'Neill and Deputy Andrew Doyle for producing this report which contains much information. The potential can only be realised if we understand the level of exploration required. There are...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

David Norris: ...I considered they were appropriate. There has been a disgraceful abuse of the privilege of this House in smearing a Minister. I saw the programme in question and noted that the Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, had actually taken on the smear when it was made outside the House without the right of privilege. The journalist bottled it; more power to the Minister. I ask my friend and...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2012)

David Norris: ...it if it had involved female genital mutilation. Why are we still despised in this manner? I would like to be positive and state it was wonderful to hear a Deputy discuss the fiscal treaty with Pat Kenny. I use the term "pig in the poke treaty" to describe it because we are buying a pig in a poke. If it keeps changing, it will probably turn out to be Joyce's old sow which eats her own...

Seanad: Medicinal Products (27 Mar 2012)

David Norris: I thank the Minister for his gracious reply and, in particular, for his words of sympathy to the mother of the young man, which I will certainly pass on with a copy of his statement. I wish to comment briefly on the statement, in particular the Minister of State's remark that the IMB "has a spontaneous reporting system by which health care professionals and patients can report suspected...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

David Norris: ...interests of decent, ordinary people who do not have a voice, whose lives have been invaded and privacy violated. When I asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, given the evidence presented to the Leveson inquiry that these practices have been pursued in this country alsol-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

David Norris: .... I recall Ronnie Delaney in 1956 and that inspired me. I was so thrilled that somebody like him could take a gold medal in Melbourne. I heard the race on an old crackling wireless set. Dr. Pat O'Callaghan from Kanturk, County Cork, won two Olympic gold medals throwing the hammer. A bit of good news does nobody any harm. In response to my friend, Senator Mullins, if it were possible,...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

David Norris: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Pat Carey, to what is probably his last appearance in either House of the Oireachtas. I am sad about the way this Parliament has disintegrated. I do not believe any party or individual has covered itself, himself or herself with glory. There is no question that every one of them was jockeying for position to gain political electoral advantage. The Green...

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

David Norris: ...the shot scanning the Front Bench in the Dáil and the devastation on the face of every Minister? Another visual image was the faces of the people in the audience on "The Frontline" programme with Pat Kenny, many of them from Fianna Fáil stock. They are devastated.