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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: The Senator can propose all he likes.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: Is the House quorate?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I would prefer if the two amendments were discussed separately.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: Some people might need a ten-minute recess.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: That is a good idea.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I was under an illusion, but it has been untimely ripped from my eyes.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: This seems to be a perfectly reasonable amendment. Good standards of communication should include letting people who have applied for a job know whether they have been selected, rather than leaving them in limbo. I have no difficulty whatsoever in supporting the amendment. How is that for brevity?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: The Senator was just squirming. It is a habit.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: I record my support for Senator McDowell in this matter. The amendment would ensure the statement to be relied on by the commission in its deliberations in appointing an applicant would fulfil the overall objectives set out in section 7(1) which states judicial appointments should be made based on merit. The whole idea of making appointments on merit is significant and important. For that...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: Senator McDowell’s amendment makes the whole matter much more clear and simple. It is like a drafting amendment. It confines the matter to the published statement. That makes the whole matter much more obvious and clear. I see the Minister is nodding.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: The Minister thinks the amendment would be too confining and confine it to the published statement only, but I am not sure that is true because section 56(4) contains the statement "the Procedures Committee shall, following a review under subsection (1), make a report to the Commission of its findings including any recommendations relating to the implementation of this Act including, but not...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: Could the numbers of those amendment be repeated?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: We apparently want to report significant progress on this so I will be brief. The Minister has enthusiastically drawn our attention to legislation in other jurisdictions, including Scotland, and this amendment mirrors exactly the Scottish legislation. The intention is to ensure that lay members are not assessing part of the formal statement that would govern how to consider an applicant on...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: Yes, the Scottish amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: The Minister is not correct in saying that the provision would preclude lay members from discussing things like administrative ability and so on. What it says is that they are prohibited from preparing a statement which deals with applicants' knowledge of the law, skills and competence in the interpretation and application of the law, or the ability to exercise functions as holders of...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2019)
David Norris: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
David Norris: The Senator will not have the time.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
David Norris: It is too extreme.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Yes, exactly.