David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not think the commission has any business at all. I have a difficulty because I think that, in deciding how a judge should be appointed or whether he or she should be appointed, his or her views on potential constitutional amendments or constitutional cases would be of some interest, and I put it no higher than that.

I would like Senator McDowell to respond to the following issue. The amendment, as phrased, might well lead to the interpretation that a candidate could be questioned not about what decision he or she might make but about the methodology by which the decision was arrived at. That is a perfectly reasonable and legitimate thing which does not call for any conclusions.

I would also like to draw the Minister's attention to a letter in The Irish Times.