Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

When we are talking about learned judges having to go through some sort of a test in order to find themselves short-listed, I cannot, for the life of me, understand or believe any judge would subject himself or herself to that sort of treatment. If this Bill goes through and if it were to be enacted in the morning, members of the Judiciary or Bar would be out of their minds to consider going forward for a position. Why would they want to do that? Why would they want to have people with no legal knowledge assessing their legal knowledge? Why would they do that? For the life of me, I cannot understand it and it needs to be put on the record at every section.