Results 781-800 of 20,831 for speaker:David Norris
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I want them to be un-grouped for a reason but I will be guided by Senator McDowell.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I still do not like it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: No, we will not.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Yes, that is the tradition.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: It sounds like a pop song.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: This is particularly obnoxious because it uses the word "shall", rather than "may". I would have less objection to it if it provided that the procedures committee "may avail itself of the advice and expertise of any consultants or advisers". Who are these people? They are not members of the commission. They are defined as any "person, consultant or adviser", which could be anybody. It...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Why not? I would like to have it every way.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Does Senator McDowell wish to make a contribution?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Sorry, I forgot that very relevant point.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: The Minister is in very jovial mood this evening. Let the record show that he is smiling-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: -----like a shark.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Yes, we will discuss them separately.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Merit is of critical importance in this section, but it is not mentioned. It seems to me that Senator McDowell has a very good arguable case that it should be mentioned as it is the principal criterion. Section 7(1) states, "A decision to recommend, under this Act, a person for appointment to judicial office shall be based on merit." Merit is the number one consideration, right up at the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: The Senator may be clear and as lengthy as he likes.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: That is not subsection (5).
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I beg the Senator's pardon.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I am grateful to the Minister for accepting Senator McDowell's amendment. The Senator more or less anticipated what I was about to say. The Minister seeks to include the objectives that the Judiciary be comprised of equal numbers of men and women and reflect the diversity of the population as a whole. The Bill further states in section 53(5)(f) that members of the Judiciary should be...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: No. I would like the amendments to be discussed separately.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I appeal to the Acting Chairman to ask the Bills Office to put together a compendium of all the amendments at this stage. We have been dealing with the Bill for about a year and it is terribly confusing to have to look through lists of amendments to find which one is which.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Thank you.