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- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 23:In page 10, to delete lines 28 and 29.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Section 10 relates solely to the functions of the relevant committees and how the functions of the commission are to be performed through the committees. Consistent with earlier amendments, if we are going to do away with the committees, section 10 should not stand in the Bill.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I agree with the Minister and Deputy Wallace that the presidents of the Circuit Court and the District Court should be accommodated but they should not be treated as poor relations. Rather, they should be full members of the commission. The solution for the Minister is to include them by means of an amendment on Report Stage. If he wants to retain his objective of having a lay majority, he...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I oppose this section for the same reasons I opposed section 10.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I note the Chairman's comments. Obviously, this is not his decision.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I will revisit it. It is important that we get the Presidents of the District Court and the Circuit Court onto the Commission. I am glad to hear the Minister will give consideration as to how that can be done.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: What we are debating is how laypersons are appointed. This could be done by asking the PAS to select the individuals but we are proposing that they be nominated by particular bodies. For example, the Act which currently governs the appointment of the Garda Commissioner states that the PAS shall run a competition to select a new person for the role. We all would be very fearful of that but,...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Not agreed.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Níl.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: The effect of this is that-----
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: The Chairman is absolutely right. I just want to clarify this for the voters here. If the section, as amended, is defeated here, section 12, as amended, falls. Is that correct?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Do we then put section 12, as unamended, to the committee?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: As unamended.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I know.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: It would be the original section 12, unamended.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: That is fine.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: The Chair was right.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: This is part of the larger group we discussed the last day. We made the decision to remove the relevant committees. Section 13 sets out the membership of relevant committees and other provisions in relation to those committees so it seems logical to get rid of the section as well.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: It will be difficult enough to get people to apply to the Public Appointments Service to sit on this commission and if we tell them they have to provide a declaration of interests each year it will narrow the field even more. I do not believe people on State boards or directors of semi-State companies have to put in declarations of interest. I understand the objective behind the amendment...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I would like to give more consideration to this issue on Report Stage. I probably will not support it at this stage.