James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Condon. I have two questions that relate to his submission. I will then move on to other members. Mr. Condon stated there was, "a recognition that the involvement of laypersons in the process should be increased". He later said, "There will be an equal number of laypersons and judges". I presume that means an equal number of laypersons and legal people. Why is that? It is an area of quite specialist expertise. Why would we want to have 50:50 involvement between non-expert and expert, if I can put it that way, in this process?