Section 63(e) inserts a new section that deals with the “Qualification of certain legal academics for appointment and for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office". Even leaving that aside, the section then creates a lesser requirement of academics, if they were to seek appointment through the Judicial Appointments Commission, of only four years' practice when the requirement is much higher for people who are actually in practice and may not have held academic office for 12 years.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Joe O'Reilly; Níl, Senators Michael McDowell and Victor Boyhan.
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