Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Minister and Deputy Wallace that the presidents of the Circuit Court and the District Court should be accommodated but they should not be treated as poor relations. Rather, they should be full members of the commission. The solution for the Minister is to include them by means of an amendment on Report Stage.

If he wants to retain his objective of having a lay majority, he can still do so, but the presidents of these courts should be included.