Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Based on the procedures the Minister outlined, the scenario I presented is entirely possible. I am wondering what happened in the period between the letter from the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board going to Cabinet on 16 May and the statement at the meeting of 13 June in which the Government decided to nominate the then Attorney General to the Court of Appeal. I would like a little more information about how that came about or what steps took place between 16 May and 13 June. Did the Attorney General turn up at the Cabinet meeting to be informed that the Cabinet intended to nominate her to fill a vacancy? Was she asked if she would like the job and did she respond that she would be delighted to take the job and thank the Cabinet? Who initiated the discussion on such a fundamental career change for the then Attorney General? Did someone ask her whether she would like the job or did she offer herself for the job? How did it come about that the nomination was made on 13 June? What steps occurred in the period between 16 May and 13 June?