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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: That is the real reason. We now have the real reason. The Senator wants to surpass both Senator McDowell-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: We now have the real reason. Thank you, Senator.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: That is unfair.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I would not have intervened if the Leas-Chathaoirleach had done more to ensure the smooth running of the debate.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: It is not.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I assure Senator Bacik that I acknowledge her clear entitlement to raise any issue at any time during the course of a debate. I also acknowledge, as Senator Clifford-Lee said, that the bulk of the debate was taken up by the contributions of Senators McDowell and Norris but that is not for me to comment on. We have had 38 hours of Committee Stage which has been punctured by quorums and...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I did not refer to the Senator.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I reject that entirely.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I think Senator Bacik knows me better than that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: Absolutely not. Senator Bacik knows me better than that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: It was certainly not directed at Senator Bacik but at a Senator who, on occasion during the course of the 38 hour debate, admitted that a filibuster was under way.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: Lest it be said that I did not respond to the Senators who made a contribution today, I will say exactly what I said on the previous occasion in response to the same issues as have been raised by Senator Bacik and other Senators. My advice is that this Bill, including the confidentiality aspects of both sections 27 and 28, has no implications for the exercise by the Attorney General of his...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I do not have any evidence of cases where the Attorney General, either at Government level or at any level, discussed any of the proceedings undertaken under the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board regime.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I very much welcome that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: All members of committees are members of the commission.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I am happy to look at that between now and Report Stage.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: It could, for example, be somebody who was a member of one committee being a member of the commission but who is now a member of another committee and still a member of the commission.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I understood the point being made by the Senator was about the relevance or otherwise in section 28(1) of the words "who is or was". I see the reason for it being that one could be a member of a committee charged with communicating issues, resign from that committee and then become a member of another committee. We are seeking to cover all eventualities in the case of persons who are...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: This is a drafting provision, the purpose of which is to provide clarity that the confidentiality framework applies to the commission in plenary session and any of its committees. Having regard to the fact that there may be circumstances in which a member of the commission might not be a member of a particular committee but may have been and would be privy to certain information, although...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Charles Flanagan: Section 16(1)(a) allows for the functions of the procedures committee to be determined from time to time as the commission considers appropriate. Again, it is to provide assurance in drafting. I do not see it as weakening the Bill or as a loophole; rather, it is assurance to cover all eventualities.