Norris, David P.B.Wednesday, 5 May 1999 |
Seanad Éireann Debate
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Order of Business.
I am afraid that I am going to continue the querulous tone of the Order of Business by supporting Senator Manning. Perhaps he would not like to hear his contribution characterised as querulous, but I ...
It seemed as if people were trying to provoke an election. They positively squeaked with excitement at the possibility that they might be able to interfere and cause an election. That is not part of t...
Refugee Act, 1996: Motion.
I move: That Seanad Éireann expresses its concern at the continuing difficulties being experienced by asylum seekers and refugees in this country and requests the Minister for Justice, Equality and La...
I do not want to be entirely critical. The Eastern Health Board is doing good work in an emergency situation, but the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform should be thoroughly ashamed of its...
We more or less know what is in train. I have pages of objections because the thinking in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform virtually includes what amounts to the internment of asylu...
Why does the Minister not implement what was passed by the Oireachtas?
It is not being implemented.
Why does he not tell the truth?
What is the population of Ireland?
If the Minister of State reads the record of the House, he will discover where I was.
I did, five years ago.
I agree.
It is a legal let-out.
So all the professionals are wrong.
By leaving them queuing outside the Department in the rain? That is not a good example.
They are still turning up at people's houses at 6 o'clock in the morning with no notice.
Yes, but it was a small sample.
And everyone is entitled to have dinner at the Ritz.
That is part of it.
They will be when the Minister pushes through his amendment. That is what he is about. He wants to intern them.
The phone call was noted by a senior official in the Department of Education and Science.
It is as good as getting a note from the Taoiseach.
I gave one and I will give another.
Well done.
I did.
There is no normal process. The Minister has refused to implement the relevant sections of the Act.
Hear hear.
The same fellow said that 90 per cent of them were bogus.
I will not withdraw a single word and I stand over what I said earlier. History will prove it. When the history of this period is written we will discover precisely the same thing we discovered about ...
The charter continues:
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