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- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I will do so. I am saying this because some of the amendments on which Sinn Féin is insisting on Committee Stage will mean that some of the people who may have tried in the past to tamper with juries and trials and to influence courts in this country and who did not even recognise those courts could actually serve on this lay committee themselves. That will happen because of the deal...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I cannot do that because it is true.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I did not mention any specific Member.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: Okay. I do not mean to make the Acting Ceann Comhairle's job more difficult. I will simply say that over the 40-year course of the armed conflict, if we want to call it that, there were people in this country who tried on a regular basis to circumvent and undermine the judicial system and to undermine juries. Many of them did not even recognise the courts. This is all factual. There are...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: This is relevant because if the Minister, Deputy Ross, did not spend so much time in the Department of Justice and Equality-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I will get back to Sinn Féin if you do not let me talk about Dublin Airport.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I will. If the Minister, Deputy Ross, did not spend all day every day-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I will. The Government is charged with governing the Republic of Ireland, looking after its welfare, ensuring jobs are created, that people's livelihoods are protected and that the country develops appropriately. In that context, the Minister, Deputy Ross, being the anti-judicial crusader, has spent half his time in the Department of Justice and Equality when he has responsibility for a...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I will get back to that, but he should look after his brief and he is not doing that. Perhaps when the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, meets him, because I have not seen him around for a while, he might prompt him to focus on the job he is supposed to be doing and the area of responsibility he is supposed to have. This flawed legislation will require majority support in this House to...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: What?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: Why not?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: They are, absolutely. The support is from Sinn Féin and AAA-PBP, now known as Solidarity-People Before Profit. Deputies Mick Barry, Paul Murphy, Richard Boyd Barrett, Ruth Coppinger and others have said they will give conditional support to this Bill, like the conditional support and respect they give our courts. Do not forget-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I will tell you why it is conditional, if you will let me conclude.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I believe they are because these are the people who will pass this legislation.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I will and, with all due respect, I will tell you why. Solidarity-People Before Profit is supporting the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: Absolutely.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: There is a context here. The recent Jobstown trial in one of our courts, which I am allowed to comment on, was presided over by a judge. This is relevant to the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017. During that trial members of Solidarity-People Before Profit said publicly and in meetings held across the country and, in particular, in Dublin that they believed the jury selection was...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: Many would say that.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I will not.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)
Darragh O'Brien: I said many would say it, and it was said on the radio earlier in the week that people felt that members of that jury may have felt uncomfortable-----