Judicial Appointments Process: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-26
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

That is strange because we passed laws here about vulture funds and to remove the prohibition on hearsay evidence, and it is implemented immediately. Why do we have to wait for nearly a year to have this body, which is set up and staffed and has rented buildings at great cost to the taxpayer? Denying taxpayers the solace of making of a complaint, regardless of how it goes or how far they get, is farcical.
The House spent a lot of time on it and I thank the former Minister, Shane Ross, for all his work on it. It was signed into law by the President, and set up. People would expect it to be up and running. Why is it not up and running?

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Sitting date: 2020-11-26