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- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Come again?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Can I come in on a point of order?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of clarification.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: How are we going to clarify it?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: That is what we are asking for.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I, too, have listened to the Minister for Justice and Equality. I understand the predicament he is in and I thank him for his clarifications, especially those on why the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cannot be here and on how he disagrees with his colleague. That is healthy in any democracy. Nonetheless, I am still very concerned. We are in uncharted waters and there are too...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I was. I never denied that - never deny the bridges you go over, and praise the bridges you go over. That is what he is like now. He is like the man up on the hill of Howth, looking down on the peasants. We are here discussing his mess, and a damn fine mess he has created. It should be withdrawn. I appeal to the Minister to withdraw the Bill and give it back to the drafters and the...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The blind leading the blind.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: And disgusted.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, please-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: If the Ceann Comhairle will allow me make it, the point of order is that it is a perfectly legitimate process for the Bill to go into the Seanad but not a Bill on an issue like this that we cannot handle. It is like a hot teapot which we have to drop. We are sending the Bill to the Seanad-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: -----but that is abdicating our responsibilities here to the Seanad and letting the Minister hide under the cosh. With no disrespect to the Ceann Comhairle, that is ridiculous. We are trying to get rid of the Bill as best we can, emaciate it by removing the amendments that are illegal, send the whole lot off to the Seanad for it to deal with and bring it back some other day for another debate.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, I respect the Ceann Comhairle but under what Standing Order is he invoking the two minute rule?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: No, no. I am just asking for clarification.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the clarification. That is all I wanted.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am as confused as the rest of the Members. The optics of what has happened are certainly not good. Many amendments have been ruled out. I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle's position. We adjourned last night in disarray and he had to try to sort this out. I am not questioning his decision at all. He has informed us that several amendments, or up to 30, as far as I could make out, may not...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: So am I.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: With all respect to the Ceann Comhairle, I was not here the last day so I did not know whether the Minister was here or not. I was told. Dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi go raibh fear i dTiobraid Árann a bhfuil póca ina léine aige. He should be here. I would not criticise him for being here because it is his duty. He created this dog's dinner and he should...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am and I am looking forward to much more of a say, but I wish the Minister were here to address some of the comments made last night and especially so I can seek an apology for what he said to me in front of my young daughter.