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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I suggested that initially but it is unfortunate that it not a matter for the House. A grouping has been put forward.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: To be fair, the Minister was not being political.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: No. Senator Bacik is speaking.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Conway should allow Senator Bacik to conclude.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It is probably not a point of order on the Senator's part but I have to hear it before I can say that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: He expressed a view and he is entitled to do that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Go ahead.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Yes. The Senator should go ahead.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I am listening to the Senator.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator has made very good points. Does anybody else want to come in? Senators McDowell and Conway have indicated.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: In the interests of facilitating debate and trying to be helpful to all Members of the House and that includes the Government as much as anybody else, I will make the ruling, as Acting Chair, that amendment No. 13 is being decoupled from the rest of the grouping. We can revisit the grouping-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It is not a matter for the House, it is a matter for me. I am saying that, in the interests of facilitating-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: We could discuss whether we should group these amendments for the next half hour or hour and we could have dealt with amendment No. 13 in the meantime. I rule that we deal with amendment No. 13 separately from the rest of the group. We will deal with whether amendments Nos. 49 to 53, inclusive, and amendment No. 59 should be grouped when we reach them. We will now discuss amendment No. 13....
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Is there a seconder for the amendment?
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It maintained the reduction. It did not reduce it.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It is not the same.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: If the reduction was not maintained, it would be increased.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator is the one using doublespeak.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It is not.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It maintained the reduction.