Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

It is patently a political appointment to be a peace commissioner. If there is any role for a peace commissioner, it should be that of administering justice which should be beyond the party political remit. The Green Party wants change in this area. There have been many questionable appointments due to the existing system.

If one examines the prison visiting committees appointed by the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Donoghue, was there something special about the people of County Kerry that they got most of the jobs? Were there other factors at play?

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