Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed)
1:30 pm
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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I know that it has been ruled out of order, but the idea was to have six lay representatives. It was really peculiar to rule it out of order on the basis that it involved a potential charge on the Exchequer, whereas if I had used a different word, it would not have been. We all accept that the Bill will be reconfigured on Report Stage. The aim of the discussion it is to have a balance with some of the lay members being nominated by groups.