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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I agree.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: We have been told that it is an entitlement.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I do not think it is a promotion
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: It is a matter of one's rank. The Senator is fond of that concept. They will be influential by virtue of their rank, influence and authority.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: Yes, it does.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: This is not being done for the protection of the Government in any way. Rather, it is for the protection of those who may not gain favourable consideration under the commission process.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: It seeks to ensure that their names will not be in the public arena if they do not want them to appear.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: It was an issue that was the subject matter of consultation. I am satisfied about that provision. I do not subscribe to the idea-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: ----- that the process should be undertaken.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I do not accept that there is a majority in either House that would subscribe to Senator Norris's view that every candidate for consideration for selection should have his or her identity in the national newspapers.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: There is no intent on the part of the Government to endeavour to protect itself in some way by ensuring confidentiality. I do not agree with the Senator. I do not accept at all that the issue is one of protection of the Government. Rather, it is an issue of protecting the candidates themselves. I want to refer briefly to a point which Senator McDowell has raised again. It is an important...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: Applicants will be notified by the commission as to the status of their application.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: They could well be.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: Senator Norris speaks of grotesque inconsistencies. Were he to read objectively back over the record of his own contributions, even today alone, he might not be too keen to withhold the word “grotesque” when he speaks of inconsistency.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: There is no inconsistency because the Senator will be aware that the purpose of Chapter 2, to which he referred, is to address the recommendation process instituted by the commission under the Bill's provisions.The arrangements which are proposed under section 44 aim to do exactly what Senator Norris suggested earlier, namely, deal with the exceptional cases of seniority, the three most...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: Senator Bacik and I appear to be at one on the matter of section 44 dealing with the three most senior positions. As I indicated to Senator McDowell, it is my intention to give further consideration and scrutiny to the issue and seek advice on how best we can propose a form of senior appointments committee on Report Stage. I am disappointed that Senator McDowell indicated that he would have...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: There was high dudgeon.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: Senators were swinging from the rafters.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: And what happened?
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (28 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: As outlined in responses to previous parliamentary questions, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department became aware in September of customers experiencing difficulties booking registration appointments. Some of these difficulties had arisen because third party agents had been able to secure multiple appointments through the use of automatic software. A...