Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is going to cause mayhem. I saw junior people in the public service appointed to senior positions, leading to the suspicion that it was to avoid the trickle-down effect of which Senator McDowell speaks, and to avoid having to fill a vacancy in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal or the High Court by appointing somebody from the academic world. The next thing that happens is that the door is opened to a plethora of appeals from people who feel they were hard done by. The system is flawed but if this Bill has to make its way up to the Phoenix Park, this amendment will make it a little more sensible. I know that the Minister is anxious to work his way out of here so I ask him to consider it.