Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will not necessarily go into it here. It is not just about anti-republicanism and judges falling asleep on the Bench or a history of abuse to some of the people before them in that court. It is also in other courts. This commission will not necessarily deal with that, but the advantage of having laypeople involved is that at least they come with a different view of the world.

We, in this institution, live in a bubble, albeit that we all work with constituents when we are not in the bubble in here. Many people believe that those in the law courts also live in a bubble, but they are humans; they have families and they live real lives. Sometimes when they approach anything to do with law, they put on that bubble hat again.

They perceive everybody to be against them. What is there to fear from having lay members on a commission? Nothing. What is there to fear from having a majority? Nothing. However, that is part of what the Deputy's argument is about.

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