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

We read today that the presidents of the five courts have written to the Taoiseach and the Government, articulating their view that the proposed Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017, the Bill of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, has severe implications for the administration of justice in this country. We also hear that the Government nearly collapsed last week and that the rushing through of the legislation is to meet the demands of the Minister, Deputy Ross, who wants to ram the Bill through before the summer recess, without amendment.

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