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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: And a very fine legislator.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I will. Will the Chair note that the Minister has invited me to name somebody in the House, which is a very bad thing to do? This is Mr. Alan Shatter, a former Minister for Justice, who sat in the very place that the current Minister is sitting now.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Hello.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I will read the first two paragraphs of the letter: "The ongoing farce that is the never-ending debate on the deeply flawed Judicial Appointments Bill resumes today in the Seanad."
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: "The Bill is simply genuflection in the direction of political bombast-----"
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: "-----and a symbol of the political impotence of a minority Government-----"
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: "-----dependent on the support of the self-styled Independent Alliance." I beg the Chair's pardon?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Pardon?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I am not doing so intentionally.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Do I hear a frog croaking in the bog?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: The points I was making earlier are very relevant.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: That is why I only read two paragraphs and the Minister said he had read it already, so that is splendid.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I am glad that the former Minister, Mr. Shatter, has such a wide readership.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I beg the Leader's pardon? I am in a slight confusion. Is the Chair chairing the debate or is Senator Buttimer?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I see. I shall obey the Chair's instructions in that case and ignore the interruptions from Senator Buttimer. I am happy to yield to my colleague, Senator McDowell, who I am sure is going to enlighten us further.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: It represents a form of cronyism too.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I imagine it is not for the commission to decide on these things, but rather it is for the commission to establish the facts of the matter. I have two questions. One is for Senator McDowell and one is for the Minister. I wish to ask Senator McDowell a question through the Chair. Taking into account that there is no facility whatever in this legislation, as I understand it, for the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I thank the Minister.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
David Norris: And so many of them.