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Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am speaking to the change in the title, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive. When it was first submitted, the Bill was under the remit of the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. It is extraordinary that when the Department was effectively divided in two and responsibility for rural and regional affairs moved into a new...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am questioning whether the Bill belongs under the title. Given the disregard for heritage, it would seem it should belong under the remit of the Minister for Rural and Regional Affairs if that is the only concern. Am I right that amendment No. 5 is in this grouping also?

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will make a simple and brief point about amendment No. 5, which I support. This is a practical, technical amendment related to subsection (7), which notes that where an offence has been committed by a body corporate and has been committed with the consent, connivance or neglect of a director, manager or secretary, both the person and the body corporate shall be liable for an offence.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is not a correction. It is an amendment to subsection (7) and in respect of that, I want to-----

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am speaking to it and I will be very brief. I welcome that in this section the Government recognises that a negligent director, manager or secretary-----

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: If I am not interrupted I will conclude after one sentence. I need to make this important point, which is that the principle being communicated in this section, as proposed to be amended, is that a person who is a director, manager, secretary or officer of a corporate would be liable, as well as the corporate body, for an offence. That is a very important principle. I note it is somewhat...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I acknowledge that.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister. I will touch briefly on a couple of the amendments I tabled. Amendment No. 32 is a technical amendment on the role of the Minister in triggering the selection of a lay person by the Public Appointments Service. Amendment No. 35 is more substantive and it may not have been entirely clear what my intention was. I suggested in this amendment that the members of the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not believe any critical reference was made either by Senator Ruane or myself to the Public Appointments Service at any point in our contributions lest there be any misconstruction on that. I outlined a few roles I thought it might play regarding the proposal I made. The Public Appointments Service plays a role in nominating the potential members of commission and that is reflected in...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have made my points.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will withdraw it and reserve the right to resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 35:In page 13, to delete lines 4 to 6 and substitute the following:"(2) The members of the Commission shall select a chairperson from among its membership who shall be a lay person. In making their selection the Commission shall endeavour to ensure that any such chairperson selected has both a strong legal understanding and a proven capacity to communicate in a clear and...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am not referring to the Minister but I would ask other Senators to look at this amendment because I believe my proposal may provide a compromise.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 39:In page 13, to delete lines 34 and 35 and substitute the following:"(e) commerce, finance, administration, civil society, and trade union activity; (f) relevant areas of academic research including the law, or social policy;". I will withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to reintroduce it.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 40:In page 13, to delete lines 34 and 35 and substitute the following:"(e) commerce, finance, administration, civil society, trade union activity and academia;". I will withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to reintroduce it.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 43:In page 13, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:"(f) relevant areas of academic research including the law, or social policy;". I will withdraw the amendment but reserve the right to reintroduce it.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 26:In page 11, line 22, after "expenses" to insert the following:", including expenses for such training as might be appropriate to the functions of the Commission,". Personally I would have seen these amendments as being somewhat connected in a potentially complementary way.Amendment No. 26 seeks to ensure that, inasmuch as expenses are being provided for, there are...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 29 relates to the question of external supports, so both amendments relate to that question. However, I will not divide the House.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: If we wish to take them separately I am happy to do so.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: If that is the preference of the House.