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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. First, I have certainly reflected, and I know the Acting Chairman has asked the Minister to reflect on his comments about the nature of the House. Having sat here and listened to those comments and reflected on them, I believe they are extraordinary. The tenor of them is to reflect on the leadership of the House, which is in the hands of Fine Gael as a...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I did not interrupt. I sat quietly and-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Conway is right that we do have a weekly leaders’ meeting. It is very welcome that we do that and is a practice we have had for some time but there is still a Leader of the Seanad and that is a post and a role that is held currently by Fine Gael. It is unfortunate if comments reflect badly on that person because the Leader does seek to lead by negotiation and by giving every...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister. I just wanted to make the point-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: -----on the record of the House. Finally, regarding the substance of the-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for indicating he accepts that. That is fair. Finally, without going back over the points my colleagues have made on these amendments, I ask the Minister to consider accepting them. As I think the Minister himself said last night, he will bring forward his own amendments to significant parts of the Bill, notably section 44, on Report Stage. He has again indicated a...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: A number of amendments were put forward to the section in an attempt to improve upon it. What format is it envisaged the commission statement shall be in the section, given that the amendments to it have been rejected? I will wait for some quietness.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for that. Section 45 requires the commission - as it states, "The Commission shall" - to provide the Minister in writing with a statement setting out the reasons a person is suitable for appointment to the judicial office concerned each time it recommends the name of a person to the Minister. That is the section unadorned with any amendment because the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for the clarification. Senator Norris also made a point in this respect. It is helpful to hear the Minister say that but where is it set out that this is all the commission needs to do? It seems the commission could take a very different view of the sort of the detail that would required in setting out the reasons a person would be suitable for appointment, rather than...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader to keep us apprised of progress in the other House of the omnibus Brexit legislation, as I know he will do. I understand it will come before the Seanad on 11 March. It is legislation that we all hope will not be necessary but which nonetheless is essential as a contingency. I do not think there will be an obstacle to getting it through in a timely fashion, given its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: We need to visibly do a lot more to encourage people to use other forms of transport, particularly bicycles, in getting to Leinster House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: It is made difficult for people to cycle here. There are no proper bicycle parking facilities close to the entrances to the building. I will certainly be raising this issue again. I have been raising it for many years and I am getting very fed up at the lack of progress and the apparent lack of commitment to support those who choose to cycle to Leinster House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I have done so.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Nothing has happened.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I am.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I might wait for the Minister.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: It has been discussed but I have already indicated my intention to withdraw this amendment, look again at this grouping of amendments and reintroduce them on Report Stage.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I will be withdrawing the amendment. I just want the Minister to hear that.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I have already committed to withdrawing this amendment.