Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Wallace is making the point that if the Government nominates for appointment a person who has not been recommended by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board, all it has to do at present is state in Iris Oifigiúilthat X has been appointed and was not recommended by the board. It only happens exceptionally, although it happened recently. This would be the position under the legislation we are discussing. Let us suppose that the commission nominates three and the Government decides not to accept and opts to nominate another individual instead.. Then, under what is proposed, all that would happen would be that the Government would have to say that the person appointed was not recommended by the commission. There is no change.