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

Denis O'Donovan: Not always, but he tries to.

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

Denis O'Donovan: It is not in Senator Norris's nature to be too compliant.

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

Denis O'Donovan: They are all related. There is a huge bunch of them. We start with amendment No. 13, which Senator Clifford-Lee has moved.

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

Denis O'Donovan: Hold on a second now, Senator Higgins is talking.

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

Denis O'Donovan: I did not realise Senator Bacik had indicated.

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

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Conway is quite entitled to intervene.

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

Denis O'Donovan: Is the Senator speaking to the amendment now or is he-----

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

Denis O'Donovan: We cannot let the debate disintegrate. The Senator should address the Chair.

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

Denis O'Donovan: Please, we will hear from the man with the significant task of bringing the legislation through the House - the Minister.

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

Denis O'Donovan: I acknowledge the presence of Deputy Michael Moynihan and his guests in the Gallery. You are more than welcome. I always like to see Members of the Lower House paying homage to this Chamber. Thank you. Is the amendment being pressed?

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

Denis O'Donovan: Amendment No. 19 is in the name of Senator McDowell. It is part of the Senator's overall proposal to reduce the numbers whereas an amendment agreed by the Government and by the House suggests an increase from 16 to 17.

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

Denis O'Donovan: I welcomed Deputy Michael Moynihan earlier. I made a slight error. He was accompanied by his cousins from Seattle, Seamus Smith and Peggy O'Brien-Murphy, who come from the famous town of Kiskeam in north-west Cork. I made an error which I had to rectify.

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

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I have notice from Senator Rose Conway-Walsh that on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the implementation of recommendations contained in the report on sodium valproate. I have also received notice from Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile of the following matter:The need for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Regulation (5 Jul 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: For the first Commencement matter we have the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. Cuirim fáilte roimhe. I ask Senator Rose Conway-Walsh to outline her case.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Regulation (5 Jul 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I am sure if the matter is not resolved, the Senator will be back here again soon.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Jul 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy English.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (5 Jul 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I do not think the Minister of State has much more to add. I call on him for a brief comment.

Seanad: Message from Dáil (5 Jul 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Dáil Éireann passed, on 4 July 2018, the Heritage Bill 2016, considered by virtue of Article 20.2.2° of the Constitution as a Bill initiated in Dáil Éireann, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator has only one bite of the cherry.