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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I welcome the fact that the Minister is so flexible on this matter.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 109c:In page 38, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“Records of the Commission 57. Records of the Commission required to be kept under section 29 shall not be amenable to discovery in any court proceedings, civil or criminal and shall not be amenable to any order for production, inspection, correction or amendment under any law relating to data...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I was very well compensated, thank you. This is to ensure the privacy of the discussions of the commission. It is an important amendment. I regret very much that Senator McDowell is not able to be here today but I am sure he will make a very full and complete point when it comes forward on Report Stage. I say "full". Many people in this House say "fulsome". That is a completely...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 109d:In page 38, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“57. When establishing the Procedures Committee under section 16 the Committee shall include in its membership both the practising barrister and the practising solicitor appointed under section 13.”. It is important to have a wide view from the legal profession of these kinds of matters and to...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 109e:In page 38, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“57.No cause of action shall exist against the Commission or any of its members arising out of the failure of the Commission to recommend any person or category of persons for appointment to judicial office under the terms of this Act and no cause of action shall exist against the State or the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I am very glad the Minister has indicated in this fashion. While I know it is not usual to make the Attorney General's advice available, I wonder if, in this instance, since we are dealing with a former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the general outline of that can be made available. This would be of great help to Senator McDowell in redrafting the amendment, if he so decides.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: It is a little more now.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I wonder why we were threatened with a guillotine if the Minister is prepared to sit around the table for any number of hours.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I do not remember that point.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: One was referred to on the Order of Business. I am not accusing the Minister.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I wonder, for the sake of the record, if the Minister will be able to tell us whether this 125 hours, to which he has referred on so many occasions, and I think it is a little more now, is a historical record.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: A great mistake.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I wonder could we have an explanation from the Minister on this?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I have to say that I am 75 years of age and I am still fairly active in this House. I completely approve of judges being allowed continue. They do get wiser as they get on - or most of them do - and I think the idea of increasing the retirement age is a very good one.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I thank the Minister because I was not aware of that. I am very grateful indeed for the clarification.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 111:In page 39, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Completion of judicial proceedings after retirement 60. The Courts and Court Offices Act 1995 is amended by the insertion after section 47A of the following section: “47B. (1)Notwithstanding that a person has retired from or otherwise vacated an office to which this section...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I might if I am given a chance. Did I hear a little squeak from the bench?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: Good. It was a creak. All of the outstanding judgments then have the opportunity to be delivered. This has even more relevance in the appellate courts where more than one judge might be sitting.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: No, please, say it again.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I thank the Minister for his graciousness in this which shows the importance of Seanad Éireann that in this very lengthy debate we have had and in which I have played a role-----