Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It would be a nonsense. It would be laughed at. We should not just reject expertise because that has been put in the Minister's mind by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross. It is a nonsense proposal and I ask people to support my amendment. It provides four lay people, two members of the legal profession and five judges. The judges play a role equivalent to being school principals. They know what is required in their court, the expertise that is needed and that the primary function and objective to have as a judge is somebody who will work hard and has knowledge of the law.

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