David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

He hesitated. He thinks the idea is too delicate and requires political correctness. It is a higher position, the candidate gets more money and the views expressed are the law of the land. One could not get higher. One could not get a bigger promotion. It is spelt p-r-o-m-o-t-i-o-n - promotion.

With the focus on confidentiality, there is a frightful whiff of the Cosa Nostraor some other such secret society emanating from this entire bloody thing. If a High Court judge said in a newspaper interview that he or she had applied for the job and was very disappointed that he or she was not even shortlisted, can he or she be held criminally liable for that under this legislation?