Results 17,801-17,820 of 50,297 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: That is wrong.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is wrong. It would represent a fundamental breach of the separation of powers.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: Yes, it would. The only basis for that correspondence to go public is if it was needed for the assembly of evidence in this House, if the House was deciding to follow an impeachment process. That is a matter for the House to decide, if it so wishes. The Government has made its position clear. The Government has a responsibility under the Constitution, and that is why I made my statement...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I have said that the Government fully complied with its duties and responsibilities under the law and the Constitution in appointing Mr. Justice Woulfe to the Supreme Court. He was recommended as a suitable candidate by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board, and that is it. Where judges have been appointed previously by the Government, one name went to the Cabinet. That is the position.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: Is this a question and answer session on the same point? I will answer the question, and the Deputy knows the answer. I and the Leader of the Green Party, Deputy Eamon Ryan, prior to the formation of the Government, were told that Mr. Justice Woulfe-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, would you stop wagging your finger and just behave yourself a bit?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: The bottom line is very simple and very straightforward. We were simply told that Mr. Justice Woulfe would come through the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board. That is it. As far as I am concerned, he came through the board and was recommended as being suitable for the position. He was an outgoing Attorney General and, in my view, was qualified for the position. In the aftermath of the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I dealt with this issue in the debate on the Order of Business for today. As I pointed out, there is a clear process for the appointment of a judge by the Government as set out in the Constitution and in law. That process has been fully complied with in this case. As I also pointed out, the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board is chaired by the Chief Justice and its membership includes the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: Only one name is brought to the Cabinet by the proposing Minister. There is an issue. I have never before seen a situation where a Minister for Justice was brought into the House to account for the appointment process and why one judge was picked rather than another judge.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I have not seen that happen before. That would represent, by any objective yardstick, a breach of the separation of powers.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is not rubbish. It is the function of Government to appoint-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I accept the point made by Deputy Catherine Murphy that a judicial appointments commission should be progressed, and it will be progressed. However, the difference from the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill brought forward in the previous Dáil is that the Government thinks the proper approach to adopt is for the Chief Justice to chair the commission in terms of the appointment of...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: That has been the position since time began in terms of how judges are appointed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is a different issue.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: There is a clear process for the appointment of a judge by the Government set out in the Constitution and in law. The process has been fully complied with in this case. Only one name-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Kelly was in government and he knows it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: Only one name is ever brought to the Cabinet by the proposing Minister.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: On 9 March, JAAB met and decided to recommend Séamus Woulfe as being suitable for appointment to the Supreme Court.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: The motion regarding greyhound racing is a simple referral to the committee and a debate will of course be accommodated once the matter comes back from the committee to the House. A debate will be facilitated on that issue. As regards the nomination to SIPO, the Government is nominating Mr. Justice Garrett Sheehan and Ms Geraldine Feeney to fill two vacancies which arose in the commission in...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: People are not debarred from serving on a commission of that kind just because of one particular issue at one particular time. She is eligible and has experience as a public representative. I think people who served with her in the Seanad would accept her fairness, integrity and her experience of regulatory affairs, which will be an asset to the commission. She registered as a lobbyist,...