Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am somewhat concerned about the use of the word "oversight". I do not necessarily subscribe to the notion that consultation means oversight. Consultation is exactly what it says on the tin, which is that the Government or the Minister for Justice and Equality may want to have particular criteria taken into account. We are not asking for the Minister to be able to veto anything. We are asking that it would consult with the Minister and take the Government's views into account as it drafts up its terms and procedures.

Oversight is a different thing. Oversight would suggest that the Minister would have some sort of veto over its deliberations. Ultimately we all accept that there is a veto there anyway. If the Government does not like the three names, it can go ahead and appoint whomsoever it wants. Oversight is too strong for my liking.