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- Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: We all know we must get some facts out, including that Séamus Woulfe was a long-time Fine Gael party activist. That has not been disputed by the Minister or anybody else. He sat around the Fine Gael Cabinet table for four years. The Minister took up her role on 27 June. She got a list of four names on 6 July, including candidates with long judicial experience. In record time, a...
- Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: To be clear, the Minister is saying that basically she spoke to one person in Cabinet and that was the Tánaiste in respect of this issue. If that is the case, it means that the Minister and the Tánaiste were the ones who made this decision. That is clearly what the Minister is saying. The Minister is also saying, which is vital to this issue, that she did not inform the...
- Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: Who else did the Minister speak to?
- Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: I am sharing time with Deputy Carthy. The facts of the matter before us are as follows. On 27 June, the Minister for Justice took office. Waiting on her desk when she arrived in the Department were four applications for the job of Supreme Court judge, a massive job carrying a salary, in excess of €220,000, paid for by taxpayers. The Minister had four applications - not one, as she...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (26 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his counterpart in the UK Government in relation to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; if he will provide an update on the independent police team's analytic report into the Glenanne series of cases that was announced by the PSNI on 30 November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32085/20]
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the issue of the catheterization laboratory in Sligo University Hospital. At the moment there is a temporary cath lab that is available a couple of times per week. This is an ongoing issue and there has been a campaign to put in place the service for many years. People who live in the north west and who need the service are being deprived of it. There...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: No. He was recommended as being suitable for consideration by JAAB, not for the job.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: That is not the point, and the Taoiseach knows that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: It is a vetting process.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: No.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: Not on an issue like this one.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: Three others were also.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: The Taoiseach knows the reason.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: It is not agreed. The reality of the situation is that, under the stewardship of the Taoiseach, a number of Ministers have come into this Chamber in similar circumstances, and questions have been taken, they have made a statement and everyone in the Chamber has had the opportunity to cross-examine them on various issues. All we want is exactly the same for the Minister for Justice. The...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: Would the Taoiseach have accepted that? He would not have accepted that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: We want the same for the Minister for Justice as the Tánaiste.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: Suitability for consideration but not suitability for appointment.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: The board recommended Séamus Woulfe for consideration, not for the position.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: That the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board appoints judges. It does not appoint judges.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: Yes, and that is the point.