Norris, David P.B.

Wednesday, 13 February 1991

Seanad Éireann Debate
Vol. 127 No. 10

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Order of Business.

I would like to raise a couple of matters directly on the Order of Business, but I would like to make a few comments, if I may, about the general discussion. I think it has been very useful. I am g...More Button

I very much appreciate that. Could I say that it is just one example? Senator Hanafin suggested that perhaps some kind of sifting committee might be established. This might be a good idea; it might...More Button

I did not realise that. Can I just use that very briefly as an illustration, because I am aware that it could be taken that I was being fractious and tendentious and really wasting the time of the Se...More Button

Yes, I have. The question I have for the Leader of the House is: will the Leader of the House, despite the fact that this matter is most unlikely to be taken today, draw the material substance of it...More Button

It is, but there was not a full stop, as you may have noticed, a Chathaoirligh; there was only a comma, so I think that it falls within——More Button

Well, perhaps a semicolon. That was my first request. There are just two others about which I would like to ask the Leader of the House. The first is Item No. 10 on the Order Paper for today, and I ...More Button

I ask the Leader of the House to give time for this because he indicated that legislation should be initiated in this Chamber and that the issue should be dealt with in a less overtly political manner...More Button

My third question is whether in the light of recent newspaper speculation which indicated that there might be a foreign affairs committee established of one House and further newspaper speculation wh...More Button

Pollution Control: Motion (Resumed).

I would like to thank Senator Upton for giving us some time and also thank Senator Tom Fitzgerald who approached me last week and asked if I might contribute in some small way to this. This is one of...More Button

I have made my point. I have concentrated the argument on strychnine but there are other substances which I have no doubt other people will deal with. I am grateful for being afforded the opportunit...More Button

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