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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Tá Gaeilge go flúirseach agus blas álainn dílis Protastúnach agam agus ba mhaith liom an Gaeilge a labhairt go minic i Seanad Éireann. Nuair a bhím ag caint as Gaeilge tá eagla mhór ar Fianna Fáil.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Following that brief excursion into the first national language, which carries supremacy when ruling on constitutional matters, I wish to comment on amendment No. 74. It states, "Subsection (1) shall only apply to a legal academic who has qualified as a barrister or solicitor..." and rules out the four consecutive years of practice. That does not go far enough. I do not see why they must...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: It would not be the first Trinity woman.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Not yet. We are not finished with them.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: In Trinity, it would be the faculty of arts, humanities and social sciences.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Yes, they should.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: I remember when that was done.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: The late former Senator Pól Ó Foighil made a submission in English and the next morning he came in and made the same submission, as Gaeilge, for two hours. That was a filibuster and a half.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: I will not withdraw anything.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: And the Minister will withdraw his comments.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: No. We are certainly not trying to get through this as speedily as possible.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: We are trying to draw this out as long as we possibly can, or at least I am.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Of course it should.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: I am glad my colleague and friend, Senator Bacik, will not move amendment No. 77.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: I assume she has no intention of reintroducing it on Report Stage. It would be complete nonsense to exclude the Honorable Society of King's Inns and the Law Society, which are the two premier educational establishments for the legal profession. I was going to say I doubt the Senator read the amendment before she submitted it but I am sure she had. It is possible she did not realise the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: I hope I do not appear in the District Court any time soon.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Senator Bacik is a prime example.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Where did Senator Lawlor come from?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Pop-up Senator.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
David Norris: Senator Lawlor has a remarkable faculty for stating the obvious.