Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Thank you. I will not name anybody. I am being meticulously careful in all cases not to name anybody. What I saying is about trying to establish a principle for appointing judges. What I am saying is that those who have stood for election for particular parties seem to get preference when that political party is in power. This is an important principle and is one that will be discussed in this House, because these are political appointments and they are made by the Government of the day. The idea that this principle should be suppressed in this House is utterly outrageous.

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