Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. They are independent. Tom Arnold was the head of the Constitutional Convention. Sylda Langford is a former assistant secretary general of the Department of Justice and Equality and director general of the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the then Department of Health and Children. Frances Ruane is the former director of the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI. They were asked to provide a shortlist. However, on 30 June, the Government decided to nominate Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring.