Results 16,101-16,120 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Of course, I am. Everybody in this House is anticipating the passage of the Bill, bar Senator McDowell and the Senator.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I said bar Senators McDowell and Norris.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: The Senator tried to flush them out.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I agree with the Senator.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: The tedium is-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Not really. The publication arrangements are set out clearly in section 48, as amended. On the matter of confidentiality, I again remind Senators of sections 27 and 28 which deal with the issue of confidential information. We have amended the Bill to inform candidates when they have been shortlisted, which is desirable. I detect a welcome on the part of Senators for this, as a courtesy...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: No.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Contrary to what was stated in the newspapers, I was not called a nutjob.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: That is contrary to what appeared in the media so loved by Senator McDowell in this context.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Turned down by the commission.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: My understanding is it would be fully preserved in the context of the new legislation. Sections 27 and 28 deal with communications from the commission to the interested parties, not from the Government which would not be communicating the information.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: No. A Minister would be bound by Cabinet confidentiality. I do not believe the Senator can adduce any evidence where it might have happened to substantiate what would be an unacceptable position if Ministers were in a position to speak freely about a process that had taken place in accordance with due process at the Cabinet. I do not envisage that it would happen and neither do I envisage...
- Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I do. I thank the House for accommodating this legislation this afternoon. Before I speak to the amendments I wish to outline my position and that of the Government on this Bill. I want to express my strong view to Senator Ó Céidigh that I am supportive of the amendments proposed to the Bill on Committee Stage, subject to legal advice and the need for further amendments in...
- Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: The Leas-Chathaoirleach might invite comments from Senators-----
- Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am considering bringing forward an amendment to section 1 regarding the definition of judicial or other proceedings. One possible problem I see with the Bill is that it appears to define a proceeding as primarily involving the administration of justice and then states that this includes tribunals. A question might arise if this formula includes tribunals of inquiry, as well as...
- Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am a guest here and will not stray beyond my role-----
- Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: -----as indeed last week will testify. A question may well arise if the formula includes a tribunal of inquiry as well as decision-making tribunals. We need to tease that out. We will leave that as far as section 1 is concerned.
- Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I have only a couple of points; I do not want to labour issues unduly-----
- Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: -----in the Upper House. I am on amendment No. 1. I am not; I am on the group of amendments.
- Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)
Charles Flanagan: My legislative work as Minister for Justice and Equality has been impacted upon by the amount of time I have spent in this House on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. The record will speak for itself in terms of the time taken and in terms of repetition. As I have said, I am a guest here, but the debate on that Bill has resulted in me having in excess of 100 pieces of legislation on...