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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: Yes. Why not? First, I thank the Minister for his constant attendance in the Seanad because it has been quite a long period and he has made-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: It is worthwhile complimenting the Minister on making such an effort to be here for the debate.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: I understand he has come here today from Cork to be with us, which is very much appreciated. Amendments Nos. 97a to 97c, inclusive, would have inserted the most obvious requirement - experience - and I am sorry that they have not been accepted by the Minister. I do not know how he can suggest experience is not a necessary attribute a candidate for judicial office must hold.Of course, if the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: We have not yet got to section 50.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: May I make the same speech again?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: What if I made it in Irish?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: The Leas-Chathaoirleach has difficulty in understanding me in English.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: Can we call a walk-through vote?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: It should be "with which".
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: One should never end with a preposition.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: I support Senator McDowell in this amendment. He seems to me to be following the same line of argument that he did in the previous amendments. That is essentially that, when looking at the principle for appointment to these courts, one needs expertise in the business of those particular courts. As he rightly says, if there is a vacancy or need for extra judges in the family courts, there...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: Yes. It is completely wrong to end a sentence with a preposition.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: I can read the Minister like a book.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: The Minister makes a fair point that there are judges on this. One would assume that they would raise these issues but I am not convinced by his argument about independence. I do not see that laying down the framework for the commission and the principles by which it operates limits its independence. One sets out these things first of all and after that is done, of course it is...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: It got the preposition wrong too.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: It still ends with a preposition.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: I think the Senator meant obscure.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: The law could never be obtuse.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: It was because of the enormous crowds.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)
David Norris: Going back to the question of independence, in section 51(b), the Minister already directs that we should take into account skills, competences, personal attributes and characteristics. God alone knows what personal attributes are. Must someone have a beard or red hair? Is it a case about when one made one’s first holy communion? It is completely all over the place. The Minister...