Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is about the qualifications the State requires for appointment as, say, the President of the Supreme Court and an ordinary member of the Supreme Court. In the case of the Chief Justice such qualifications would include experience, length of time on the Bench, ability to administer and so on. These qualifications would be different from those required for appointment as an ordinary member of the Supreme Court. To lump both together would be akin to holding an ordinary Member of the Dáil in the same way as one would hold a Minister. It cannot work that way or, at least, we would hope it would not work that way. We would hope that the best are chosen to hold the most senior positions. We are trying to ensure that-----