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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Amendment No. 20 in the name of Deputy Wallace has already been discussed with amendment No. 6. Where stands amendment No. 20?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: No, it has already been discussed.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I remind Deputy Danny Healy-Rae that he has already spoken.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: That is another matter.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Members who were present will recall that the Ceann Comhairle made a statement to the effect that the anomalies cannot be dealt with here but will have to go to the Seanad and come back here. There were suggestions in respect of amendment No. 7a but Members know they cannot address amendments to an earlier part of the Bill that we have passed. The Ceann Comhairle has allowed a debate on...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: It comes back on Committee Stage.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I thank the Deputy for his question, which has helped to clarity the point.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Deputy Ó Laoghaire without interruption.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Deputies-----

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Deputies, please.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: No inviting interruptions.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: The Minister should read the statutory instrument. I put it to the Minister that he has not read this statutory instrument. I can go through it.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I will give leave.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: If the Minister accepts our amendments, it will be a matter for the Attorney General. If the Minister will let me, I will go through all of this because I have made it out in a tabular statement, where the judges have highlighted it. I would go further. The Attorney General who is advising the Minister and who was quoted at the time also has issues with this and no reference was made to...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: They are not my words ----

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: They are not my words but those of the Attorney General.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I never interrupted the Minister but he has that habit. It will not wash with the industry. The Minister is there to protect the industry, but now he and the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, and the Government are here to protect Europe. Now let us stand up and protect the industry. He should give us a commitment tonight that he will sit down with all representatives to work out a...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Nineteen days.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I thank all who have contributed to the debate. As a Donegal Deputy, I am extremely pleased and proud that four of the five Donegal Deputies have come in here and contributed to the debate, namely, myself and my colleagues, Deputies McConalogue, Pearse Doherty and Pringle. I thank them for their support. We would get the impression from listening to the Minister that this is all about...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I move:That Dáil Éireann resolves that the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 89 of 2018) be and are hereby annulled. It might be necessary to reaffirm my party's position for the Minister because the perception is being put about that we have a different agenda. Our agenda is that we do not oppose the introduction of the penalty...