John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

On a point of order, it has been brought to my attention that the only other occasion on which proposals from the Committee of Selection were challenged in the Seanad was when the Labour Party opposed former Senator Joe O'Toole's nomination to the Commission of the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Seanad stood by the committee's decision on that occasion. It should also be noted that Labour was in opposition at the time.