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- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
David Norris: This happens very rarely and, in my experience, almost never.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
David Norris: It seems to me that we have to get rid of this facility. I have never seen it said that printing amendments-----
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
David Norris: What Bill was that in?
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
David Norris: No, I referred to printing the amendments.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
David Norris: I said "printing the amendments" and I stand to that. It has never been done. It could be used to rule out any amendment whatever. What I am looking for could easily be facilitated by the Government. This House could easily do it. Every single Senator has, at one time or another, complained about this restriction, yet people are hesitating to do anything about it. Therefore, I call on...
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
David Norris: Therefore, let us get on and do it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: As my Fianna Fáil colleague has done, I welcome the decision of the UK Government to introduce an abortion regime in the North of Ireland and also its gay rights initiative on marriage equality. It is significant because Jeff Dudgeon, for example, won a historic case - before I won mine - in the European Court of Human Rights. The North was in advance of us at that stage and it is...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 103b:In page 36, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:“54.Where the Procedures Committee prepares a statement of procedures for submission to the Commission under this Part and where the statement so prepared sets out different procedures in respect of any particular judicial office in cases where some or all of the applicants already hold judicial...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I am quite sure the Minister did, and his broad smile indicates that he has told a little fib.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: No.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: The House has got it so it will have to make do with-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I do not really want to. These amendments, in the names of Senator McDowell and my other colleagues, who have graciously allowed me to move them, are very clear and specific. Appointments for different judicial offices - in the District Court, the Circuit Court, the High Court and so on - may have different aspects. The point of this amendment is to make sure that the committee charged...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I am perfectly certain that Senator McDowell will be in a position to redraft the amendment in a more acceptable fashion.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: The Minister is in good humour and is smiling broadly.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I do not mind. The Minister is a decent, civilised Laois man and I have no objection to being called a passenger or an underling. I have been an underling all my life. It is a very comfortable position to be in and one which I occupy with great dignity..
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: Who is the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: The Minister for Justice and Equality is the underling in respect of this Bill, like I am.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 103c:In page 36, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “54. Where the Procedures Committee prepares a statement of requisite skills and attributes for submission to the Commission under this Part, the statement so prepared shall include a statement setting out the approach to be taken in determining for the purposes of section 7(1) of this Act what...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 103d:In page 36, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “54. A statement made under this Part shall contain an acknowledgement for the information of applicants that, in respect of any appointment to judicial office, the Government is not obliged to recommend to the President the appointment of any person recommended by the Commission and may recommend...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I have moved it and I await the Minister's response.