Dáil debates

Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements

 

9:35 pm

Photo of Bríd SmithBríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I do not know; I cannot say. From what I can see, she probably is eminently qualified from that proximity to those in power and the loyalty she gives to her own class.

Like previous Fianna Fáil appointees to high positions, either as Attorneys General or judges, she has shown herself to be reliable and loyal to those who appointed her, and loyalty and reliability seem to be the only explanation for her contradictory evidence to the Fennelly inquiry.

Like Harry Whelehan in the past, who was appointed by Fianna Fáil, Máire Whelan has shown her willingness to criminalise women. Harry Whelehan stopped women trying to control their own bodily autonomy by-----

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