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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: We have received a request from the members of the press to release Ms Logan's opening statement. Would that be in order?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: That is no problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Deputy Mac Lochlainn was rapporteur in the production that report, which has been laid before both Houses, and we expect there will be a debate on it in both Houses in due course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Before we move on from that issue, if the commission is producing some research in November, it might be an idea to invite Ms Logan back to the committee to debate the research with us and to inform us of what she comes up with.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Apologies for interrupting the Deputy's questioning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I ask Ms Logan to communicate with the committee through the clerk. That would be very useful and everybody would then have her view on the matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I am not sure whether the Senator was present at the start of the meeting, but one is not supposed to criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I will read the advice again. Under the salient rulings of the Chair, Members should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: These are the rulings of the Chair, not mine personally.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Thank you, Senator. As the Senator said, it is----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Senator, I think you have already covered that ground so let us-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Please-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: No. You cannot. I am sorry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Senator, when the Chair speaks have a culture of good manners, stop and listen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Sorry, Ms Logan. I ask the Senator to listen for a moment. The chief commissioner designate does not come before this committee too often. We have an engagement today. The issues the Senator is raising are extremely important and it may be possible to have a specific meeting on those issues at a later stage. It is not fair, and the Senator said this, to have a detailed discussion on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: In fairness, we could go into detail on any of the issues members have raised today but that is not the purpose of this meeting. If there are issues members are concerned about pertaining to the new commission, I am anxious that we would give notice and have a specific meeting on them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Very brief, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: It is-----