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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: What is the point of order?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is not a point of order.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy has made his point of order. I will hear the other Deputies who are offering and we will then go to the Minister for a response.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy's two minutes are up.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, we could all recite a litany of things we would love money to be spent on but, in fairness, we cannot go into that now. The Deputy's two minutes are up.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: If the Deputy wants me to invoke Standing Orders-----

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I took the personal discretion to allow contributions to be made. If I was to follow Standing Orders, there would be no contributions at all.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy should be very clear about that. If the Deputy wants me to follow Standing Orders-----

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----I will.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Good. I call Deputy Michael Collins.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am sorry to interrupt the Deputy but a number of other speakers want to contribute. I do not want us to rehearse the whole thing. We are trying to get our heads around-----

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----how we can move forward from here. In fairness to the Minister, Deputy Ross, I should say, given that I am in the Chair, that he was criticised the last day for being here and he is now being criticised for not being here. I need to record that fact.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy is having a fair old say now.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy is straying into an area where he is out of order.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will circulate a list. I will go back on that again. Amendments Nos. 17 to 19, inclusive, 27, 54 to 57, inclusive, 60, 62, 64, 93 and 95 are also consequential on amendment No. 8 and must fall with it. The same principle applies to amendments in the names of Opposition Deputies. Amendments Nos. 24, 43 and 63 are consequential on amendment No. 6 which was negatived and therefore they...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: They can be reintroduced as amendments in the Seanad. In this situation it is obviously over to the Minister to consider how he is going to approach matters as the Bill goes to the Seanad. The amendments we are talking about here can be reintroduced. We cannot predetermine how the Seanad will address those amendments. Obviously the Senators will be briefed on what has transpired here. We...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Based on the vote here, the commission is fixed at 13 members. The Bill will go the Seanad where an amendment to increase the membership to 17 again can be considered. If that happens, the Bill will return to us here where we will have to make the final decision.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Gallagher.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In accordance with Standing Order 70(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Tuesday, 29 May 2018.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before we resume Report Stage I must inform Members that the Deputies who questioned whether amendment No. 10 in the name of the Minister should have been moved yesterday, following the defeat of amendment No. 8 were correct. Amendments Nos. 8, 10 and 14 form a composite proposal. As the division on amendment No. 8 was lost, technically amendment No. 10 should not have been moved. However,...