Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I think it does, in fact.

On a slightly different point, in relation to subsection (4), the Judicial Council appoints a substitute member if one of its elected members is looking for promotion or whatever. Are they free to nominate any member to be a member of the commission? For instance, if the person for whom the substitution is made was originally a barrister, can he or she appoint a judge who was originally a solicitor as the substitute or does that balance still apply as between solicitor judges and barrister judges?