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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I referred to the "political fraudulence" - which is a legitimate term to use - of suggesting there was cronyism in the appointments made by the Cabinet without this legislation and that the Minister, Deputy Ross, was going to end political involvement in the appointment of judges. The Government, which is referred to in amendment No. 24, is composed of elected politicians acting as a single...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: Would the Senator agree that the good ship Ross has sunk before its launch?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: It did not seem that long when it was happening.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: The Minister for Tourism, Transport and Sport also said that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: It most certainly was.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: It was bypassed in respect of the man who is now the Chief Justice.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: What about the former Attorney General whom the Government appointed to the Court of Appeal?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: JAAB had nothing to do with that appointment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: It had nothing to do with JAAB.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: Will the Minister, when he brings the Bill back to the Dáil, change the word "have" to "has" to make it correct?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 26: In page 10, to delete line 18.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 27: In page 10, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Independence of the Judicial Function 10. (1) The Public Appointments Service and the Commission and their respective members— (a) shall, in performing their functions under and in connection with this Act, uphold judicial independence, (b) shall not, in connection with the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I do.
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: The Report Stage recommendations have been ruled out of order and therefore this Chamber is about to end its consideration of the finance Bill. Bearing in mind the political season we are in and the-----
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: -----calendar season, it occurs to me there are a few things that ought to be said. First, we should remember what is not in this legislation because this is probably the last finance Bill this Government will introduce. There are some things that I deeply regret are not in this legislation. I have spoken about them before in this House and I am not making party political points but the...
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: That is true.
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: I will not be long and I am not engaging in any kind of filibuster. I am just saying-----
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: It is a pity the Revenue Commissioners have not been given that function and that the non-collection of the licence fee has been kicked down the road. On a second point, which is one the Minister of State, who is welcome, has heard me make before in this Chamber, the 33% rate of capital gains tax is too high.
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: The result of it being that high is we have a diminished flow of transactions that are liable to capital gains tax. If we were to reduce the rate of capital gains tax from 33% to 20%, the revenue jump for the Government would be very useful in financing many social expenditure programmes. My third point is not party political either but should be mentioned today. The universal social...
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)
Michael McDowell: -----sending this Bill back to the Dáil, the record should at least show that these matters were mentioned in the House.