Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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It is a bit harsh to say that we are trying to unravel the Bill. I think that is the job of the committee. We agree that we need better legislation and a better arrangement on how we appoint judges, which is what we are teasing out. The reason we have this on Committee Stage is to debate it. We are not trying to destroy or unravel the Bill; we are trying to make it better. Perhaps the Minister does not agree but that is what we are trying to do. We are on the committee and entitled to make a rational argument and we think that our argument is more rational than the Minister's defence. I do not think it is counterproductive for us to take a position where we think improvements can be made to the Bill. We want the Bill to be as good as possible. We have put a lot of work into it and thought a lot about it because we care. We want it to be good legislation. We are not trying to unravel it but improve it.