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MEMBERS OF THE Dáil will today debate the first stage of a bill that would take the appointment of judges out of the hands of the government.
The proposed 34th Amendment to the Constitution calls for an independent body to handle appointments of the judiciary.
The bill is being forward by independent TD Shane Ross, who says that the current system “is rotten”.
He says that the bill would bring to an end the appointment of political loyalists to the judiciary.
Speaking yesterday, Ross said that what he called “the current crisis” surrounding the gardaí could be avoided had “certain people not been appointed by the government”.
Those at the top of the administration of justice in Ireland must not only be independent of ministerial and government influence in their actions but must be appointed by a body which is not under government control.
Ross was supported by a group of seven independent TDs, who all backed the amendment, with many referencing the GSOC scandal.
Ross said that the plan would have a Oireachtas committee that was opposition-led, making it impossible for governments to “shove through” their own nominees.
He added that the new system would counteract political parties “ruthlessly favouring their own people” and remove any idea that judges are politically swayed.
“It’s impossible to prove (that judges are politically aligned), but these people who are appointed don’t wear their political colours, this will remove any suspicion of that.”
The bill will be debated at 10am today and the government is not expected to support it.
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Taking aside the sexual exploitation and the issues with the children, which are obviously indefensible, I can understand why people / countries are cautious when it comes to females with suspected ties to IS.
Women have been quite happy to carry out some truly horrible attacks in the name of IS in the past.
@Ace: even though they are the biggest losers in any area they take over
Why has my well reasoned factual comment been deleted? You’ve gone mad with censorship Journal. People may not have liked what I had to say but I should have the right to say it – there was no expletives, etc. If you want to have a comments section, at least let people from different mindsets both comment. This monotone approach is hurting journalism.
@Nomad: what you said was a horrible horrible comment you should be ashamed of yourself
@Alana: Do you work for the journal Alana? I appreciate the more sensitive souls among us might not have liked my comment but there was no reason whatsoever for removing it. As I mentioned, it was a reasoned comment, backed up with widely available statistics. I’m not condoning these acts but my comment was true and correct and should not have been removed because you didn’t like what I had to say.
@Nomad: You ok hun ?
What a wonder world we live in
Thankfully no one did anything to further IS’s rapey ways like bombing the shit out of their enemies for them!!
@Eddiemac: if what you say is true and bombing a factory that makes chemicals to burn people eyes out is true and is helping the rapist’s ,where do you go from there
have your say