Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

No. He said I am too wide in my amendment No. 90 and he thinks he is going to try and get back to where he was in the Dáil before it was amended. No practical reason has been given as to why this should be done. I am against this section. It no longer makes any sense at all. It is ridiculous that we should now be putting in legislation that the three highest presidencies in the land will be filled without regard to the criteria set out in paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 36.