Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----who called for reform of the judicial appointments system years ago, before anyone else. It is no way to present a Bill. It is presented in a controversial and negative way, and it undermines the judicial arm of this State.

We had more than 30 years of paramilitary violence and our constitutional democracy and the various arms of our State survived and were sustained, including the judicial arm. It weathered all that, and the Taoiseach should not succumb to placating the Minister, Deputy Ross, on such a fundamental issue that goes to the heart of how we organise our affairs in this society.

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