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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Well done to Senator Noone.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I have always held her in the highest esteem.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The great unwashed.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Galway District Court can sit again in that case.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Obviously, the system works.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I hope the appointment in question was not to the High Court or the Court of Appeal because that would have meant another nine months of waiting.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Government amendment, No. 7, has not really been considered by this House at any stage. I formally propose that we recommit the Bill to Committee Stage in respect of amendment No. 7.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I am saying that amendment No. 7, which begins with "In page 8, to delete lines 22 to 27", was not properly discussed on Committee Stage.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Yes.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I propose that we recommit the Bill to Committee Stage in respect of amendment No. 7 in order that it can be fully discussed on that Stage.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I do not believe that I have broken any rule or gone against Standing Orders in any way.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate the Leas-Chathaoirleach's indulgence on this. I wish to move that the Bill be recommitted to Committee Stage in respect of the amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I respectfully request that we do not group them together.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order, there is a great deal of spurious information being thrown out about things not having been accepted or done in the past. As the Leas-Chathaoirleach, who is doing an excellent job-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: -----rightly pointed out, the groupings are a suggestion. It is up to the House to agree them. We have accepted that amendments Nos. 7 to 10, inclusive, will be grouped.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Might I just add-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Let us get on with this.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order, there is a lot of waffle going on here about-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I need to make the point. There is a lot of waffle going on here-----