Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It was never intended that the entire judicial appointments commission would interview every applicant. Is a panel of three sufficient? One has to be a member of the Judiciary and one a lay member. Is there a reason three is the required number? All panels could be panels of three then under this legislation to make the determination and do the interviews. The Minister does not want everybody but is there a particular reason the Minister has reduced it to three?

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