The role of solicitor advocates and the appointment of solicitors to the superior court judiciary were raised. Legislation enabling these developments to take place was enacted while I was Attorney General and I strongly supported the change. When the first such appointment was made I was Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and I am pleased to have had a proposing role with regard to this development. Many members of the solicitors' profession would make excellent superior court judges. It is worth recalling, however, that one of the problems we face nowadays is persuading senior people of quality in either branch of the legal profession to put their names forward for positions of this nature. There is no overwhelming stampede to take on the job of High Court judge, the reason being that many leading lawyers, solicitors and barristers, are much more handsomely remunerated in private practice than on the Bench. In case anybody thinks a vast number of people are found to be suitable and later disappointed, I assure the House this is not the case.