Results 11,201-11,220 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I take that as being directed at me, a Chathaoirligh.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: There are 24 amendments in this grouping. We are now dealing with key aspects of the Bill in terms of the nominating bodies and the nominating process. We are really at the heart of the legislation. I will deal with the points made in support of the amendments. In the first instance, I want to consider the proposed section 15 in respect of amendment No. 49, the deletion of section 15 and...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I will concede to the Deputy and I will cease. For the Chair to suggest that there is any process that might be regarded as vexatious is worrying. I have amendments which tabled by Deputies in accordance with their rights.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: If I am not afforded an opportunity to reply, I will defer to the committee.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: However, I would ask for a submission to be placed on the public record that it was suggested that my replies were vexatious by the Chair of the committee.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I am glad the Chair clarified that.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I did not table amendments for Committee Stage.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: There is one way of doing that and that is to curtail the matter of the amendments.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: In respect to Deputy Wallace's amendment No. 67, my concern is that the terms "civil society", "trade union activity" and "academia" may lack a certain degree of specification. I do not see any direct relationship between the three terms and I foresee problems in the selection process in this regard. I also suggest that the concepts of civil society and dispute resolution, which would, I...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I made it clear that I will not accept the amendment. In fact, I have been accused by members of taking such a long time to explain my reasons for not accepting it as to be in some way holding up the work of the committee.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I am worried that we would lose the valuable inputs to the appointments framework of the commission if we were to unduly restrict the operation of section 15(7), to which I referred at length in the course of my contribution.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: To ensure that the committee does not spend an unduly long time debating this issue, I will accept Deputy Ó Laoghaire's point that we need to consider further the diversity aspects of the Bill. Let us reflect on the lay membership aspects of the Bill ahead of Report Stage at which point we can revisit the issue. I will not accept the amendment today, however.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: No.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: These are the old lines 11 and 12.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: No.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I am on the record as having opposed it and have outlined reasons accordingly. I will not be repetitive.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: No, I am not minded to accept it.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: Yes.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I am on the record, as far as the importance of the committees is concerned.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Charles Flanagan: I do not intend to accept this amendment because I believe that its import is to unduly tie the hands of the commission and what it might focus on in its annual report. I refer the Deputy to section 27(4) which enables the Minister to direct the commission to provide an annual report "in such form and manner" as may be specified. Under subsection (5) the commission must comply with such a...