David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make one observation. It seems to me that Senator McDowell is making a very valid point. It is important that the Government would know the complexion of the mind of the judge that it is appointing because this is an extension of policy. The Government is charged with making policy and one of the ways in which it does that is by appointing people who will support the particular political complexion the Government wishes to see in the Supreme Court.