Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, and a degree of competence when the person was a barrister. These are the kinds of things the commission does not take into account when appointing a Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal or President of the High Court. It is very reassuring that these positions are now to be filled by people who have not been vetted on their competence, character, health, temperament or anything else. A certain officeholder - I will spare his blushes - said the Bill was a dog's dinner as it emerged in Dáil Éireann. Surely this is the greatest dog's dinner of all.