Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief, and I apologise for missing the Minister's opening remarks; I had a question in the Chamber. I hope I will not ask questions that other members have asked already. If I do, I can read the Official Report later. I have a couple of brief questions. First, we know the Chief Justice and the President of the Court of Appeal wrote to the former Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice and Equality last October asking for the Court of Appeal vacancies to be filled. They were told at that time that there would be no new appointments until the new legislation and procedures were put in place. What changed between October of last year and last week that allowed an appointment to be made under the old system in these circumstances, particularly given that the courts were about to go into recess?