Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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My questions have been asked already. I welcome the witnesses and thank them for coming. I wish to make an observation, if I may. I note the immense qualifications of all who have been chosen to sit on the selection panel. It is very important that the Parliament is seen to ensure that there is openness and transparency and that those who are making the selection are not doing so for political reasons. That is why it is important that this particular panel of people are independent and highly qualified. I echo the point made by Senator Bacik that when there was a question over that independence and the role of the selection panel, it stepped back immediately, which was good. It indicates the degree of seriousness with which the panel is approaching this process and members should be complimented for that.

The witnesses have dealt with the point I was going to raise regarding the process but perhaps they might allude to any form of timeline, or take a poke at it, as one might say.