Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A decision has been made by the Government that we need to make a fundamental change in terms of judicial appointments. We must ensure that, on a new body that is set up to make recommendations to the Government, there will be a lay majority. That is not inconsistent with what many other countries in the EU have done, including our closest neighbours.

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