Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have read them and there is no qualification whatever in it. The Tánaiste might raise her eyes to heaven. The qualifications arose when the final document was produced but the first document and its preface did not indicate we would have the old system of political appointments shoved in there by stealth. All we are asking on this side of the House is that Mr. Begg, for all his talents - and he has them - should simply be treated like a normal mortal. What divine right has he got to bypass this process?

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