Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the clarification. Senator Norris also made a point in this respect. It is helpful to hear the Minister say that but where is it set out that this is all the commission needs to do? It seems the commission could take a very different view of the sort of the detail that would required in setting out the reasons a person would be suitable for appointment, rather than that simple statement of name, years of experience and so on. It seems a much more detailed set of reasons might be provided by a particular commission. There is an issue about consistency of reasons across different recommendations and across different persons. One would not want to see the commission setting out a lengthy list of reasons one person is suitable for appointment and simply the bare bones of the name, years of experience and so on in respect of another person because one could then immediately have a hierarchy in terms of levels of suitability for appointment to judicial office. I do not know if it is enough that the Minister simply gives us this clarification, helpful though it is. We would need to know where is the basis for that clarification.