Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am only pointing out that the EU report shows that Ireland has the second highest level of Government freedom to appoint judges in the European Union. That is all I am saying. It means that we have the second highest level of political involvement in the appointment of the Judiciary. I am saying that unless we change things dramatically, we will still have one of the most politically oriented and influenced methods for appointing judges.