Seanad debates

Wednesday, 30 January 2019

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed)

 

10:30 am

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

How can it consider those persons if it is not allowed to know who is interested in the position? This amendment aims to tease out the unconstitutionality of the intention of the Bill. As the Minister again hinted today, that intention is to ensure that by reason of the prohibition on canvassing and due to section 39, which was forced through against my wishes, the only practical way in which somebody can be made a judge-----

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