Seanad debates
Thursday, 9 May 2019
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed)
1:30 pm
David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I hope the Minister will look favourably on this amendment. Senator McDowell in his contribution said he saw no harm that could emerge from the amendment. I do not see it in that light at all. I see not just that no harm will come from it, but that good will flow from it. The Minister seemed to agree because, in a very informed comment during previous discussion of this area, he said it would be a bit ridiculous to have someone hanging onto a position of being permanently nominated and that this could go on for decades and decades. I took up this point and then suggested to Senator McDowell that he reword the amendment and put in a fixed period of years. He has done so, and I think the amendment now coincides with the Minister's view, so he has some intellectual gymnastics to go through in order to find himself against it. In addition-----
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