Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am asking for a debate on our judicial system because there needs to be a gender quota in the appointment of our judges. It is as simple as that. We have gender quotas in politics and in other areas, but we do not have such a quota in the Judiciary. As I have said, some 69% of people are not satisfied with our sentencing regime. There are mandatory sentences for murder, which is as it should be. The same thing should apply in areas like abuse and rape. A two-year sentence was handed out to a principal. I am not identifying anyone.