Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I find myself disagreeing with the senior counsel, former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and former Attorney General on this particular issue. I am just going back to public appointments procedures. It is almost written in stone that the procedures have to be the same for all applicants. If I were in a competition where a person who currently holds a judicial position could be excused from some part of the selection process, I would regard the judge as having one leg on the rung of the ladder before I even got into the race. I am not sure I agree with the senior counsel but who am I to question him?