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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Frequently, we get the Leader's infinite wisdom on topics. This morning, I would like him to discuss something and perhaps organise a debate on it. We are about to head into a winter of discontent in the public service. That is clear from what we have seen with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, teachers, the Army and gardaí. In fact, all of the public service is in...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: A Sinn Féin-Fianna Fáil coalition.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: There is assertiveness for you.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Perhaps publishing details in respect of all the lobbying would be good.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I do not dispute that at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: That is only when it is unrealistic.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I do not believe that the technological universities are encompassed in the 1997 Act. The Act was amended during the debate on the technological universities legislation. This legislation is in fact flawed.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: It has been passed. The Dublin Institute of Technology and the institutes of technology at Blanchardstown and Tallaght are rapidly moving towards their new campus in Grangegorman. Technological universities and the institutes of technology have delivered some fine legal courses down through the years and have some fine legal academics working in them. We need to amend this legislation...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will make one point before I deal with the Bill. There has been some suggestion that we are trying to filibuster this.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I would like to deal with it now if I could. There has been some suggestion that we are deliberately filibustering this Bill. Our job is to scrutinise the Bill and put it through its paces. I am a layman. That is all I am. I am not a legal expert but at this stage I cannot for the life of me see why we are still talking about this Bill and why it has not been withdrawn altogether. It is...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I am attempting to deal with the section.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: When we are talking about learned judges having to go through some sort of a test in order to find themselves short-listed, I cannot, for the life of me, understand or believe any judge would subject himself or herself to that sort of treatment. If this Bill goes through and if it were to be enacted in the morning, members of the Judiciary or Bar would be out of their minds to consider going...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Bill is flawed.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: It is flawed. That is my view. I am only a layman. One should look at any of the media reports from over the weekend and read what they are saying. They are saying the Bill is flawed and they support-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will leave it at that. I will not upset the Leas-Chathaoirleach anymore.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Fire away.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Perish the thought.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister referred to the reforming aspects of the Bill. He picked up quickly on Senator McDowell's word, "outsiders", and chose to put his own slant on it. The Senator had a different slant so language is clearly important. If there is a vacancy and ten or 15 people apply, they have to be assessed to progress through the selection process. We have no idea how they will be assessed or...