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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will briefly touch on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017. It is very unfortunate that last week at our whips and leaders meeting we were told categorically by the Leader that the Bill would not be on the schedule this week. I accept the agenda can change. We have to plan for this and if those meetings are to amount to anything, we must have some assurances. The Leader...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I am sorry but I will not repeat myself.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I said I will address those other issues later.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I have never had the problem of people not hearing me in my life.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will not eat into the time I have now but I will share more of that later when we discuss the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. At leaders and whips in that meeting, we had the understanding there would be no Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 business this week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I cannot keep repeating myself if the Leader cannot hear me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I understood from speaking with the Leader that the Bill would not be on the schedule of business this week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will not have my time eaten into. I am speaking through the Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will touch on the Rebuilding Ireland loan scheme. People woke up this morning to hear on RTÉ's "Morning Ireland" the devastating news that funding had run out for the scheme, which is really disappointing. We should ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to come in and explain this. The reality is that the people involved with this finance scheme earn slightly...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: No, that is the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We accept the Order of Business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We decide the Order of Business, not the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We decide the Order of Business, not the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The Leader should speak through the Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: On a point of order, can the Leas-Chathaoirleach exercise his role and ask the Leader to speak through the Chair?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Under Standing Order 73(3)(b) I propose that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Senator McDowell is an eminent and experienced lawyer. He knows the constraints and the possibilities of legislation. He has been a Minister for Justice and Attorney General, among many other things. This proposal in amendment No. 91g to section 49 reads:In page 31, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following;“46. Where any three members of the Commission make a request to the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: He indicated something but I may have read too much into it. My apologies for that. He will have an opportunity to verbalise his thoughts in a few minutes. Much has happened relating to this legislation since we were last here and we have seen a lot of reports in the media about it in the past few days, on which I will not comment. I am the leader of the Independent Group in the Seanad....

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will further elaborate, as I undertook to do with the Leader earlier. It is my understanding that a particular Government Minister has put pressure on the Minister.