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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Exactly.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: That is not intended in the Bill or the amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Eighteen months according to the Senator's colleague Senator Craughwell, with whom he has been engaged in intense discussions.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: That has no bearing on the commission.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am glad Senator McDowell has admitted that it has no bearing.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I am not sure about that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Except in certain circumstances.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: There was an absence of process.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I was going to make that point but I need no longer do so. Senator Craughwell's comparison and the contrast he drew is immaterial.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Rightly so.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: The Senators are arguing among themselves now.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: It is also to ensure it is not challenged in the courts.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I do not wish to give any further oxygen to the fanciful notion of cascading vacancies on a regular basis. Both Senators will have to accept that the language of the past hour has been dramatic, to put it politely. What they said would happen will not happen. I am concerned to ensure that the courts run smoothly and that there are no delays of any description. We originally had 18 months...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: If Senator McDowell has his way, that will not be the case.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Overly dramatising.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Cascading vacancies.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: Trickle down effect, I think it is called.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I resent that. I have been here week after week and it does not matter what I say. It is not a matter what I say, it is what Senator McDowell says.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I resent that. I resent the arrogance of it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2019)
Charles Flanagan: I also resent the arrogance that I now detect.