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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order, I want to be clear-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Has the Minister such little regard for the Bill that he is filibustering himself now?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: A Chathaoirligh, it is quite a problem when the Minister refers to my colleague, Senator Boyhan, who is representing this country in Berlin as part of his membership of a committee----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Is there any software available for testing employees?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: We do not appoint judges in the private sector.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: As my colleague Senator Horkan said, this is a complex Bill. We are wasting time talking about this matter when we should make a simple decision. Let us deal with each amendment individually. I am not going to take up any more time and urge Senators to do so.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: We might have a quorum in the room. There is not a sinner here.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 34:In page 13, to delete lines 4 to 6.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Before we move on to the business of the day, the Cathaoirleach will note that I have tabled a motion under Standing Order 190 seeking a debate on the GRECO report. The Minister advised the House when we was last here that he had not read it. That information came on 3 July. The report was finally agreed for publication on 27 June. We have a copy of it. This means that either the...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: In light of points 35 and 36 of the report, it is clear that GRECO is not happy with this Bill. More importantly,-----
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate the Cathaoirleach's position and thank him for allowing time. One of the key issues emerging from the GRECO report relates to the Government's claim that there had been interaction at the highest possible level with the Judiciary on this Bill. Clearly, GRECO does not agree. Points 35 and 36 of the report are damning of the legislation. I accept that the Minister would not...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I would ask him to do that.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the Leader for waiving the four-day rule. I am aware of it but time did not allow for four days' notice. We only received the GRECO report on Thursday and we were obliged to seek answers. The Minister told me I would be disappointed, but I was not at all disappointed in what I found in the report.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: No.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order, we should have a quorum for the debate.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: This is the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan's Bill. In 20 or 30 years' time nobody will ask who else was involved or what pressure was brought to bear to have this Bill put forward. It is the Minister's Bill and nobody else's. It is his party's Government, supported by the Independent Alliance, that is putting it through the House. Let us move away from the personalised...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I am afraid it is here in black and white. Let me read it again for the Minister because he might not have been listening. It reads:GRECO has also received information, directly submitted to it, by the judicial authorities, through the Chief Justice of Ireland, the President of the High Court and Acting President of the Court of Appeal, the President Designate of the Court of Appeal, the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Members who turned up to make up a quorum. In his response, the Minister might deal with the issue of the disagreement between the various groupings in Ireland. GRECO, in paragraph 35 of the report, "calls for an independent authority drawn in substantial part from the judiciary to be authorised to make recommendations or opinions prior to such appointments". That comes from...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Would the Leader like to take the floor?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I am sorry about the Leader's outburst, but I understand his pain in agreeing to get this Bill through the House.