Under section 26(1)(f) of the Courts of Justice Act 1953, the Courts Service must prepare and issue a statutory instrument each time it needs to vary a District Court opening time, location, etc. I am quite comfortable with most of the Bill, I have grave concerns over one section and the vulture funds.
Regarding the remote hearing of appeal proceedings, section 26 proposes that the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal in criminal proceedings may, of its own motion or on the application of any of the parties, direct that proceedings be heard by remote hearing. Chapter 2 of Part 3 deals with remote hearings of civil proceedings and I am pleased to say that the courts have already been having remote hearings of cases.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 8,388 words from 19 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Brendan Griffin and Jack Chambers; Níl, Deputies Martin Kenny and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 52–67 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 57–72 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 58–77 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 56–80 |
| Question put: | Carried | 81–57 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 64–80 |
| Question put: | Carried | 84–64 |
| Question put: "That the proposal for dealing with Nos. b12a, c12a, d12a, e12a and f12a, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 86–63 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 38–105 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 61–75 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 85–36 |
| Question put: | Carried | 84–45 |
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