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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: There was nobody here. Senator Buttimer will see how relevant it is now in a minute.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: There was not a single person from the Government or the Opposition, only Senator McDowell and myself. Are we the Legislature? I am sorry to say I feel a quorum coming on.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I am. It is the only thing that will shut Senator Buttimer up.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: If I could say over the karaoke from the backbenches that it would be impossible to discuss this section -----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: The Senator should stop barracking.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I am ashamed of this coming from the same county as my own.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I am talking about Laois. How dare the Senator call it Laois-Offaly.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I will not.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Oh no, she was an awful old bitch, Queen Mary. I will discuss the impact of the amendment on section 37. I see that the Minister is waving his pencil.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: It will take the same amount of time whether we discuss it now or on the amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: My legal advice -----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I have not repeated anything.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: That is not repetition.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: The Chairman is going against my legal advice, which is from a former Attorney General, former Minister for justice, former senior counsel -----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: ----- and current Senator.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: No, it is "Patience".
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Okay fine. It seems daft that we are having a ruling -----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: The Leader is correct that Senator McDowell is not filibustering; I am and I regard it as a perfectly legitimate political tactic to get rid of a Bill that is absolutely ridiculous and outrageous. I will continue to filibuster unless and until Standing Orders of this House remove the possibility to do so. I remember one wonderful occasion when Senator Pól Ó Foighíl spoke for...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Fine. Off you go.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
David Norris: In view of the extraordinary narrowness of the vote, under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.