David Norris (Independent)

I support my colleagues' amendment to the Order of Business. I regard the Cathaoirleach and the Leader as fine officers of the Seanad and decent people. They have been placed in a most invidious position because they and the Seanad are being run by the bully boys of the Dáil, with a contempt for democracy and the people. It is no wonder the profession of politics is held in contempt when a Bill is rammed through Parliament in the absence of information from the Information Commissioner—