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

I move amendment No. 98:

In page 22, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:"(4) The annual report will contain a diversity statement on the success of the Judicial Appointments Commission in furthering the objectives outlined in section 7(2).".

This brief amendment is germane to the intention of the Bill. It requires that the annual report, which the judicial appointments commission would be required to publish, would contain a diversity statement. We are trying to achieve diversity and wide representation in our judicial appointments and the judicial system generally. It makes sense that the annual report be required to make a specific statement on how successful it has been in achieving that.