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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: I want to address a matter Senator McDowell referred to in his contribution on amendment No. 9. I would have thought a garda would be considered a law officer because gardaí implement the law and they are certainly part of the legal function.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: I know, but that is a bit odd and vague. Turning to Government amendment No. 7, I am a little surprised the Minister has not included academics in this. Could he explain to the House why, having excluded judges, barristers, solicitors and all the rest, he lets academics in? The Minister is shaking his head but I do not know quite what that means.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: It is ridiculous. The Senator is 100% correct. It is completely ridiculous legislation.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: I want to turn to the contentious paragraph (d). What I find interesting is that it reads, "for the purposes of this paragraph, was not a solicitor or barrister practising in a jurisdiction outside the State in accordance with the law of that jurisdiction”. There are many different legal systems in operation, some of them quite different from the common law system that is operation...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: I have.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: It is an absurd amount of time to put in. I wholeheartedly agree with Senator McDowell's amendment No. 12, which seems perfectly reasonable and moderate because it replaces "15 years" with "3 years". I think three years is plenty. I do not see why they should be disinfected at all, but if the Minister is going to do it, three years is a perfectly reasonable amount of time. To go back to...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: On a point of order, and not meaning to interrupt, is the Government covered by the same restrictions, given the fact that, to put forward an amendment, it has to be mentioned on Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: Therefore, the Minister is governed by that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: If he did not mention it on Committee Stage-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: Did he mention this?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: I am not sure quite sure what the Leas-Chathaoirleach means by "deemed". Either it arose or it did not. Either he mentioned it or he did not. I am asking a simple question. Did the Minister mention it?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: That is a complete and utter nonsense.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: That is a complete and absolute nonsense.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: Could the Leas-Chathaoirleach answer the question?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: It was not mentioned.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: The Minister only mentioned common law countries; he did not mention the continental countries.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: I wonder whether, in order to prevent an outbreak of deep vein thrombosis, we could have a walk-through vote.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 10: In page 8, to delete lines 33 to 37.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
David Norris: I call a walk-through vote.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
David Norris: Hear, hear.