Comments made by a judge earlier this week were contrary to incitement-to-hatred legislation, Ms Madeleine Taylor- Quinn (FG) contended. Judge Michael Connellan deserved to be censured by the Minister for Justice, Mr O'Donoghue, for his remarks at a court hearing in Newbridge, she said.
The Minister "should take action in relation to this individual, because I do believe that his comments were contrary to legislation passed in this House in relation to incitement to hatred and other related legislation of this nature".
Ms Taylor-Quinn asked the Leader of the House to convey her views to Mr O'Donoghue.
Responding to an intervention by the Cathaoirleach, Mr Brian Mullooly, who said there was a convention that the judiciary was not criticised in the House, Ms Taylor-Quinn said she believed occasions did arise when the House should be in a position to criticise judges when, in her view, they abused their position.
The Minister should be asked if he intended to introduce any type of training for the judiciary in view of "most intemperate and inappropriate language".
The Leader of the House, Mr Donie Cassidy, said he would inform the Minister.