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Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: Has the Taoiseach seen the results?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: Judge Charleton has not reported.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach is out of order.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: Tomorrow, it will be a year to the day since the setting up of the commission of investigation into the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, under Mr. Justice Cooke. The second interim report landed on the Taoiseach's desk last week, which shows that NAMA does what it likes. Mr. Justice Cooke asked NAMA for the 40,000 documents it gave to the Comptroller and Auditor General for his...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 105:In page 40, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:"(4) In the performance of its functions under this Act, a relevant Committee shall be prohibited from any consideration of an applicant’s political affiliation. (5) In the performance of its functions under this Act, the Government shall be prohibited from any consideration of an applicant's political...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 88:In page 29, to delete lines 28 to 40 and substitute the following:“42.(1) Where—(a) the judicial office of Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal or President of the High Court stands vacant, or (b) the Minister reasonably apprehends that any of those offices will stand vacant,the Minister shall request the Commission to seek applications on the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 89:In page 30, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:“(4) In deliberating or making a recommendation to the Government pursuant to this section, the eligible members of the Commission who have made an application referred to in subsection (1)shall not sit as members of the Commission.”.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 90:In page 30, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:“(5) In deliberating or making a recommendation to the Government pursuant to this section, the Commission shall have regard, in addition to the principles in section 7, to the objective criteria in the published statement in relation to this section.”.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: He is a Shane Ross fan.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: If having a lay majority is such an essential requirement in the process of selecting judges, the Minister might explain why a lay majority will not exist when the most important judges are being selected. It does not seem to stack up. Deputy O'Callaghan has made a relevant point in this context. If it is the case that the commission we are establishing, with the possible lay majority to...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is trying to undo what we attempted to achieve on Committee Stage. That is contrary to the requirement for transparency. The programme for Government committed to reforming the judicial appointments process to ensure it was transparent, fair and credible, but this proposal breaks with that commitment. According to the 2010 Council of Europe recommendation, any body being set...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: On this issue, however, Fianna Fáil is looking more progressive than Fine Gael. The Government can thank the Minister, Deputy Ross, for dragging it down into a deep, dark hole in this judicial area. By God, Fine Gael will not be thankful. If there is to be any reform in how we appoint judges, how in God's name can we justify going through a lengthy and difficult process of setting...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am not sure if the Minister, Deputy Ross, in his crusade to radically shake-up the way we appoint judges, is aware that the Government seems to be determined to hang on to the ultimate power to appoint judges itself. If he votes in favour of amendments Nos. 84 and 85, he would be voting to leave the status quo, which he has crusaded to change, essentially intact. As Deputy O'Callaghan...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not believe this is the way Fine Gael would have approached this issue. This is the greatest load of baloney driven by the Minister, Deputy Ross, and it does not stack up. It is irrational and it is poor legislation. The price of keeping the Independent Alliance on board is too high. The matter is too important. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, comes from a legal professional...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: In the interests of diversity, the amendment is good. I agree with it. I agree with the Minister that it is important to have experience but there are many different types of experience. The experience of life is every bit as valuable as any other. I imagine that where someone was appointed who did not have the experience of a barrister or solicitor, if he or she was considered good...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 52:In page 15, lines 23 to 25, to delete all words from and including “, the majority” in line 23 down to and including “determines” in line 25.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 51:In page 15, lines 15 to 17, to delete all words from and including “, the” in line 15 down to and including “determines” in line 17.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Regulation (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: More employment would be created by going the other way.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Regulation (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is the Minister indicating Inland Fisheries Ireland is not accurate?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Regulation (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of salmon farm escapes that were reported in 2017; the investigations that have been carried out relating to farmed salmon stock being caught in the rivers Delphi, Erriff, Kylemore-Dawros, Newport and Bunowen catchments in August 2017; the location of the farmed salmon stock; the action taken in regard to the issue; and...