Results 14,001-14,020 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I will not elaborate on issues that were the subject matter of discussion on the last occasion when dealing with section 31. The section shall be put as is.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I wish to respond to Senator Norris. Senator Norris is correct that the selection process shall be undertaken by the Public Appointments Service, PAS. I now propose that the question be put.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I am not going to be drawn into the Senator's games. He ran out of the Chamber laughing as though to waste another ten minutes of the Seanad's time.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: No.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I answered questions for 42 hours.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: On the contrary, there is no question of bulldozing it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: It is quite the opposite. It is reverse engine.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: The Senator has simply no evidence of that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: The Senator has no evidence for that certainty.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: The Senator had said "a majority".
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: "A majority" is different from "many".
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: The Senator said it was "bogged down" in the Seanad. Why is it bogged down in the Seanad? It is bogged down because of the tactics employed by the Senator and his comrades.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: On the Senator's question, the director may or may not be a civil servant, depending on the process.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I did not ask a question. I do not ask questions.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I did not ask a question.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: No. I commented on the amount of time.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: In response to the question on whether the director will be a civil servant, I repeat that the director may not necessarily be a civil servant. Therefore, the director may not necessarily be covered by the already-passed section 36. The director may be a civil servant or the director may not be a civil servant. This will depend on the Public Appointments Service process, as referred to by...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I have given a response. If Senators wish to change it, they may do so. In the circumstances, it is not unusual for an appointment to be for a period of five years. At the end of a period of five years, it is up to the board to renew the appointment or otherwise. Whether somebody comes to the end of his or her tenure at 62 or 64 is a matter of given circumstances. Just because somebody...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: This is not an unusual appointment. Senator McDowell says it is a scandal that this person may be required to leave the job after a period of ten years. This is not unusual either within the public service or the private sector.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: It is reasonable to have a term of five years, which is renewable. I refer Senator McDowell to section 31(5) which provides that the terms and conditions of holding office, superannuation and the contract will be determined by the commission in the normal course of events. I do not share Senator McDowell's view that this is a scandal, as he describes it - on the contrary.