Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I go back to when the judicial appointments review committee was established in 2013. It said that the relative success of the administration of justice in Ireland was achieved in spite of rather than because of the appointments system. That was the process established prior to Deputy Ross becoming a Minister. That should raise questions for us. Senator Bacik referred also to the issue of diversity and gender. An inordinate number of senior counsels are male. The figure is 276 men and 53 women.