Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

While this point is not directed to Deputy Daly, I also referred to this matter in the context of the questions asked in plenary session of the House last week. Under the 1995 Act, the proceedings at the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board are confidential. This is provided for in the Act and I am not in a position to provide Deputy Daly with the detail of what transpired or was undertaken or discussed or the manner of the discussion at the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board, including who was present, who signed the letter, who spoke and who did not speak. In accordance with the law, I am precluded from discussing this issue. In addition, I do not have any knowledge of such proceedings.