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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I will go formally and I will-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I will not be a minute.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Sometimes Senator Norris just needs to be reminded of common sense.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I would never question the Senator's intellectual capacity.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I would question his definition of "lay person" in the first instance and following on from that his narrow interpretation that somebody who would run a taxi operation should be a taxi driver. He could easily be somebody who has expertise in transport logistics - perhaps who ran a haulage company. It is possible to get people who might not necessarily have direct line experience but who...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: It could bring an awful lot more depth.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: It would bring much more depth, creativity and imagination if we could think a little more outside the box. I am surprised that the Senator's definition is so narrow.As somebody whom I consider to be very intellectual and creative, he should be thinking far more liberally and far more outside the box.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: The last Minister for Justice and Equality was not a practising------

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: On a supplementary point of order, it is most relevant.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Senator Norris could do with a cup of coffee because he was nodding off there some time ago.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: He was asleep, and then he woke up and looked for a quorum.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: New politics.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: On a point of order, unless I am dumb, I think that what the paragraph read out by Senator Craughwell said was that there was no in-depth analysis or engagement. That does not mean there was no engagement. They may think it was not in-depth but the Government certainly believes it was.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Senator Norris got it off the Internet.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: They were engaged with but not in depth in the way they wanted to be.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I am trying to bring a bit of common sense to the whole thing.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I welcome back Senator Norris.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: The Senator is a hyper-literate snob..

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: We all want to go.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Will the Senator say that to Harry?