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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: I was not aware, but I am delighted to hear about it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: Senator Conway might dwell upon the fact that the appointment to which he referred could not have been made if this Bill were in place because it would have required its being advertised by the Government. That makes a nonsense of what we are being told is the purpose of the Bill.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: Hold on a second.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: No, it is not agreed.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: Amendment No. 7 proposes an entirely new subparagraph (d) in the definition at section 2(1). This has never been discussed before. It proposes to exclude people who have served as, for example, a barrister or judge in Northern Ireland-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: -----or France or anywhere else from ever serving on this body. It has not been discussed before. It is not really the same as, for instance, the question of whether a member of An Garda Síochána is a lay person or not. I do not see how they are connected at all.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: I fully accept what the Leas-Chathaoirleach is saying about amendment No. 7 sweeping away Nos. 8 and 9. I do not want to question the correctness of logic of that point in any way. Senator Craughwell is suggesting that we should recommit the Bill in respect of amendment No. 7. It is a novel proposition that people who have been, for example, solicitors in Northern Ireland for two or three...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: Yes.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: Yes.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: For the purpose of being orderly, Senator Craughwell has proposed that the Bill be recommitted for the purpose of discussing amendment No. 7. I have seconded that proposal. I understand there is opposition to it but it is a matter for a decision by the House.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: On a point of order, does that mean we are returning to discussing all the amendments grouped together?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: Yes, so the Leas-Chathaoirleach was proposing to group the debate.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: Are amendments Nos. 11 and 12 alternatives?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: May I suggest to have agreement and consensus ------
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: ----- that amendments Nos 7 to 10, inclusive, be taken together.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: No, let us leave those separately.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: Is this a filibuster of business?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: Who presented an order?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: The Government still has to move it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Michael McDowell: On a point of order,-----