Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are Bills that should be, and have been, brought forward but have not been taken. Justice delayed is justice denied. When it comes to the issue of judicial appointments, the Independent Senators have a motion on the Order Paper which will be discussed and voted on tomorrow. However, judicial appointments are being delayed and denied by one man who is unable to get buses and the Luas moving on certain days. He is now bringing the entire judicial system to a standstill because he wants it done his way.With his process, it will take months, if not years, for some judicial appointments to get through the system. We ask the Leader to support our legislation when it is brought into this House. It has been launched today and we hope it will reach the Seanad in the new year, but with the Government's support, it could arrive before then. We want judicial appointments to be made not because the Minister is trying to block the provision but because Fianna Fáil is trying to get the job done. If we work together, we will have the judicial appointments made that are badly needed. According to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, not Fianna Fáil, we need to get judicial appointments through the system. If it keeps going the way the Minister wants it to go, it will take ten years for some cases to get to court. I ask the Leader to confirm that we will have some legislation, especially that proposed by the Law Reform Commission, in the House next week.