Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will stick to the amendment. This quango has been set up, but must one be a card carrying member of the Labour Party or of Fine Gael to become a member of this board? The allocation of posts by the Government currently is on a 2:1 basis, so we see two judges appointed by Fine Gael and one by the Labour Party, on and on to the highest level in the Civil Service.