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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: No.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: It could not have been clearer that Senator Craughwell was speaking to amendment No. 91d because he referred to it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: So what?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: There was bloody little help from Senator Conway.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I am alarmed and concerned by what my good friend and colleague, Senator Conway, has just said. A quorum in this House was recently reduced to six.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I am just saying that a quorum of 10% is ridiculous. In many boards that would be one person turning up.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Yes, and what I am saying is this: Senator Conway said we were tabling amendments and all the rest of it and that this might have to be looked at and changed. That is a most extraordinary statement for a Senator to make in this House, that we might actually be inhibited in tabling amendments.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: It is absolutely absurd to suggest we should be restricted in tabling amendments. Yes, amendments can be ruled out of order by the Chair, and there are certain minor restrictions put on them - we are considering Standing Order 41 at present - but apart from that, it is appalling to suggest that because people have had the temerity to dare to table amendments to Government legislation,...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: This amendment just deals with a time period and imposes certain conditions upon the commission such that it must report within a certain amount of time. My final question to the Minister is this: what has he got against this? It increases efficiency. I do not see any possible objection to it. We are just saying that if the commission is to make these recommendations, it must do so within...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Is the Minister prepared to indicate what he has against this amendment? My argument is that it makes the whole system more efficient.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I do. Senator McDowell asked me to move it but there is some obfuscation around.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I thank the Senator very much. This is a very important and significant amendment that has been tabled by Senator McDowell. It seems an obvious amendment to deal with separation of powers and the Executive's constitutional function. This is really where we are at. There are serious questions about constitutionality going through this entire debate and Senators McDowell, Craughwell and I...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I am grateful to the Minister because he seems to be accepting a large part of the principle of this amendment. As such, we are at least in agreement on this point. It is very interesting that one of the points the Minister makes is that he will seek to amend the Bill by withdrawing section 49(2) which states:In the event that a person appointed to judicial office has not been recommended...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I will leave it at that. I am grateful the Minister pointed it out because it is an analogous case.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Absolutely. The same principle emerges with regard to amendment No. 91e which states:Nothing in this Act shall require the Government or the Minister to make any statement or explanation to the Houses of the Oireachtas in relation to its advice to the President in respect of any person for appointment to any judicial office, whether or not the person was a person recommended by the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: I am calling for a vote.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Hold on a moment. I would like to make another comment on this. I refer directly to the Government's explanatory memorandum dealing with section 45. It reads, "Section 45 requires the relevant committee, in respect of each name that it recommends for appointment to judicial office, and also in respect of each name of an eligible applicant that it cannot recommend, to provide the Minister...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Well, do.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)
David Norris: Can I ask for a walk-through vote?