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- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Yes, but it was banned by RTÉ because of the use of the word "prick".
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Obviously, people had not read the Bible and realised it part was a quote from the Acts of Paul. How we have declined in our religious education.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: On Sunday I took the opportunity at the last moment to visit the metal soldier at the Fusiliers' Arch at St. Stephen's Green. It was remarkable. There was a large crowd of people who were respectful and dignified. It showed the significance of the Irish reaction. Those who threw red paint over a war memorial and wreaths were stupid and ignorant. It is pretty much as low as one can get....
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: The first two amendments in the group, amendments Nos. 78 and 79, narrow the criteria an applicant must satisfy to be recommended for a judicial position. The amendments also remove references to courts higher than the High Court to accord with the subsequent amendments concerning senior judicial officers. Amendment No. 90 is more comprehensive. It reintroduces the Government's original...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: I am getting a kind of strong weakness-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: -----that is inclining me to ask for a quorum so that our pearls of wisdom should not be thrown before artificial swine.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Thank you.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: I had just concluded my remarks.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: What did the Acting Chairman say? I could not hear her.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: I see.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Is it about informing all members?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: It is a very telling point.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Consultants.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: I do not share the Minister's timidity in using the word "promotion". If a person is moving from the High Court to the Supreme Court, it is of course a promotion.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: It is a higher court. It is the Supreme Court of the land. There is no higher court. Of course it is a step up. The decisions are more serious.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: That is fine, but I am talking about the question of promotion. The Minister has said that it was not a promotion.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: He hesitated. He thinks the idea is too delicate and requires political correctness. It is a higher position, the candidate gets more money and the views expressed are the law of the land. One could not get higher. One could not get a bigger promotion. It is spelt p-r-o-m-o-t-i-o-n - promotion. With the focus on confidentiality, there is a frightful whiff of the Cosa Nostraor some other...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Perhaps the Senator is correct. This is most extraordinary and represents a really serious curtailment of freedom of speech. Will the Minister explain precisely what is so dangerous to the Government about allowing it to see the longlist of candidates who have put themselves forward? Where lies the danger to the Government in that? What is the difficulty? I cannot see that there is a...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Senator McDowell is correct. How on earth can the Minister possibly know that those judges will have a more influential role than anyone else on the committee? He cannot say that, because he is predicting into the future.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
David Norris: That does not mean that they will have a more influential role.