Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

My second question is on why, for some policy reason, a person appointed to the position at the age of 52 should be told at the age of 62 that his or her services are finally dispensed with and that he or she may not carry out the function any longer. I have not heard one solitary reason that should be the case. Saying it was in the Bill as drafted does not help us at all because much of it was drafted before the Minister took office. I am asking the very simple question as to what possible reason there is to say to a man or woman appointed at the age of 52 that he or she must quit at 62 - despite the fact that he or she may have been doing a brilliant job - because the Legislature, at the behest of the Minister for Justice and Equality, said in 2018 that he she must quit the post on having done ten years. I am not getting an answer to either of those questions.