Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I hold an almost identical position to that of Deputy Clare Daly in that some other committees are perhaps unnecessary and it might be possible for the commission to do much of the work of committees attached to each court. However, the procedures committee has the strongest case of all the committees in terms of its working to ensure that the process is representative and that there is diversity and so on. While I accept that it may be more relevant to the next group of amendments, it would be sensible to have a commission that would be responsible for the appointment of all judges and a strong procedures committee might ensure greater consistency in the approach to appointments than might ensue from there being four different committees, each dealing with a different level of court. I favour a commission and a procedures committee. Whatever about the other committees, there is a logic to having a procedures committee.