Baroness Nuala O'Loan:

The mechanism used for the appointment of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is probably a good one. This committee or another committee of the Oireachtas could appoint a group of people who would independently appoint a policing authority. In my terms of reference, at least an element of the appointments process should be by open competition. I envisage the political parties having a vested interest and it may well be that they will legislate for some members of each party to be on the authority. One must guard against politicising policing.