Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to come to this House and explain to us how it is that serious damage has been done to the constitutional process by reason of an agreement which is unpublished and secret and which should not exist given the deal on confidence and supply that was entered into between the Government and the Fianna Fáil Party. A secret deal should not exist. It should be published. As legislators, we are entitled to know if it is the case that judges may not be appointed at the whim of one Minister in government. On that basis, I am asking that the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality comes to this House as a matter of urgency to explain what deal there is-----