Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister proposes that the presidencies of those courts should be determined by an entirely separate process in which the commission would have no function whatsoever. The organisational skills factor does not really apply.

Senator Noone said maybe there is some aspect of oneself that one would like to put forward to the interview committee. What kind of aspect could be put forward which would be relevant to the question of deciding whether one was more or less suitable than two other judges and they can be ranked in the order of preference?

Another of the Bill’s provisions requires a record to be kept of every interview.