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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: What we need is a revolution where they can fall under the guillotine themselves. Is the Minister's neck getting itchy?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: It sounds a bit unlikely.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: I also support the amendment. It would be completely wrong to discriminate against anybody on the basis of gender, sexual orientation or any of these other things. Amendment No. 23 in my name proposes the deletion of lines 32 to 34 on page 9. That is quite important because it would get rid of the entire provision. I am seeking the deletion of section 7(2), which sets out a number of...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 23: In page 9, to delete lines 32 to 34, and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 8.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: Yes, but I have the right to reply as the proposer of the amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: Yes but as the proposer of the amendment, under Standing Orders I have the right to reply. I am getting rather tired of these Sir Humphrey-esque interjections on amendments.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: The Minister has actually said on the record-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: -----that he firmly believes that "merit stands alone"-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: He said that he firmly believes that merit stands alone-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: I am not out of order.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: I am perfectly in order.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: According to Standing Orders, the proposer of an amendment is entitled to speak a second time.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: I am tired, as I said, of these Sir Humphrey-esque innovations that are introduced-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: I will conclude by saying that the Minister said the following very clearly, on the record:-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: "I firmly believe that merit stands alone" but-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: -----it does not because of the Minister's refusal.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: Ruination once again.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: No more of the Minister's spin.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: Stepaside Garda station.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
David Norris: It is not the role of the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, to police proceedings in the Seanad.