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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: Can the Minister detail what it is?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: I want to know the clear procedure that was followed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: I will clarify my question. I do not want a history lesson on previous judicial appointments. I am asking the Minister to detail clearly the parallel process undertaken with this judicial appointment. He referred to time-honoured practice. We know the procedure and the statutory framework for the JAAB process. Can he detail the due process to which he and the Tánaiste have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: The Minister referred to additional expressions of intent from existing judges. Can he detail when the expression of intent was made from the Attorney General to Government?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: When was the expression of intent made by the Attorney General?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: Expressions of interest were made by existing judges for the vacant-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: Expressions of interest were made by existing members of the Judiciary. The Minister referenced additional applications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: The Minister referenced them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: There seems to be a lot of discussion on section 18 of the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 and on how it relates to the Attorney General. Can the Minister tell the committee what this entails for an Attorney General applying for such a position?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: I am. How would an Attorney General have to act under the law according to section 18?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: Is the Minister saying that no application was made?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: If an Attorney General ceases to be in that position, he or she ceases to be a member of JAAB. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: When was the Minister, when Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, made aware of a potential appointment to the Court of Appeal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: Did the Minister not have prior notification or knowledge?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: So the Minister had no knowledge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: Is it the case that the Minister would not have expected to have knowledge or that he had no knowledge?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Court of Appeal Appointment: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: Did the former Attorney General remove herself from the previous meeting of JAAB where a notification was given to Government-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: Jurors decide on the facts of criminal prosecutions; they do not review the competencies and experience of judges.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: The Fianna Fáil Bill has been ignored for seven months. It passed Second Stage and the Department of Justice and Equality has failed to allow it to proceed to Committee Stage to at least provide parallel oversight and a parallel process to be undertaken in order that the best aspects of both Bills could form the best legislative measure to reform the judicial appointments process. ...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)
Jack Chambers: The fact the Government has allowed one Independent member of the Cabinet to railroad his agenda when there has been poor legislative progress over recent months shows contempt for this Parliament and what we know as new politics. There is also the duplicity of the Minister for Justice and Equality texting his backbenchers to undermine this Bill in the Chamber while he claims to support it....