Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed)

10:20 am

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 13:

In page 9, line 24, to delete "5 years" and substitute "3 years".

The two amendments are very straightforward and I simply felt it appropriate, given the weight, importance and complexity of the legislation, that it would be reviewed sooner. I am proposing that after the establishment of the commission, a review would take place after three years rather than five years. The report would be allowed six months for placing before the Houses of the Oireachtas rather than 12 months.