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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I agree with Senator McDowell. Who is to say that the ethos of a particular management agency might not be to strongly support Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael or the Labour Party? Who knows how independent these companies are? I do not.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: In view of the extreme narrowness of the vote, under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I do not agree to that. These are separate issues which should be discussed separately. Each of the amendments is significant. They deal with different areas and have different emphases. I do not agree with them being grouped.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: The Senator can propose what he likes but when a Member of the House disagrees the proposal falls.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Yes.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: I object to that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: It does not matter a damn what Senator Conway would do.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: It is Standing Order 103A.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: What? I am sorry but I cannot hear the stupid interruptions.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: You are supposed to hear them and squash them, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Do they watch "Rumpole of the Bailey"?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: What time is it?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: The idea of interviewing a judge of the superior court is completely redundant. It has already been decided that he or she is qualified because he or she is able to sit on the High Court. They are automatically deemed to be qualified. My colleague, Senator McDowell, asked my two Fine Gael colleagues what the questions should be. I think that question would be more appropriate-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Could the Senator squeak up?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: Yes, that is just what I was going to say. I have the greatest of pleasure in agreeing with Senator Noone. I think that the question would be more appropriately directed at the Minister. If the interview committee decides that a judge is unfit to be in the Supreme Court, does that mean that he or she can never sit again? How could an unfit person sit in the High Court? The thing is...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: What did the Minister say?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
David Norris: The Minister interrupted.