Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will now address amendments Nos. 20 to 23, inclusive, as tabled by the Government, and amendment No. 24, tabled by Senators Moynihan, Hoey, Sherlock and Wall. I welcome the amendments on this section regarding the appointment of the appeals committee. Similar amendments were tabled when the Bill was progressing through the Dáil. At that stage, the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, undertook to review the section and to bring forward amendments. I am pleased to table these amendments, which provide that all ordinary members of the appeals committee shall be recruited through the Public Appointments Service.