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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: It is far too many for a start.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Even the Cathaoirleach is confused. It is 14 amendments.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Fourteen.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Mine, too.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: It is an enormous number.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Even the Cathaoirleach, who has the grouping written in front of him, is confused. We will have to go from one to the other.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: I am sorry, but I think I have the floor.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: First, there are a large number of amendments.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Second, Senator Wilson said he was confused. I often find that, where there is a large group of amendments, it is very confusing, we go from one to the other and we do not know where we are at all, only to then be told that, because an amendment has already been discussed with this or that, a Senator has missed his or her slot.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Name the Bills.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Can I make a point?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: I wish to point out that a grouping of amendments does not rule out repetition. One can be as competitive as one likes whether amendments are grouped or not. That is not going to stop it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Yes. Can I take it that we can continue to speak? For example, I want to speak about an amendment tabled by Senator Alice-Mary Higgins. I would like to have the opportunity to come back in and talk about other amendments later on. In other words, do I have the freedom to take the amendments myself? I can take them separately.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Yes. Can I comment on different amendments and confine my remarks now?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Right. I thank the Cathaoirleach.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: Yes. In a general way, I have tabled some amendments about deleting various things and so on, and it is to get rid of the lay majority and the law chairperson of the board. Senator Alice-Mary Higgins has tabled amendment No. 32 that states: In page 12, to delete lines 35 to 37 and substitute the following:“(i) from time to time when requested to do so by the Minister, a selection...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: That would be a good idea.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: The Senator can speak on the section.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: I also spoke on amendment No. 32.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
David Norris: The Cathaoirleach is confused-----