Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

----there have been a handful of appointments to the Supreme Court of that kind. The same applies even under the tutelage of the Minister. Even in recent times, I ask him the number of non-judges who have been appointed to the Court of Appeal. He has an open deck and can appoint whoever he wants at the moment to all of these positions. I ask him to show me how he has filled the Court of Appeal vacancies from outside the ranks of superior court judges because he has not. He has had the opportunity but he has not done it and his colleagues in Government have not done it. The reason is-----