Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 160:

In page 34, after line 36, to insert the following:

“Statement to Houses of the Oireachtas

51.(1) Within 30 days after the end of each year, the Minister shall cause to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas a statement of appointments to judicial office made by the President during the previous year (not being appointments made before the commencement of this section) and that statement shall include—(a) the name of each appointee and the judicial office to which he or she was appointed,

(b) particulars of the education, professional qualifications and experience of each appointee, and

(c) if it be the case in relation to a particular appointee, a statement that the appointee’s name was—

(i) recommended by the relevant committee to the Minister in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or

(ii) recommended to the Government under section 46,

as the case may be.(2) In the event that a person appointed to judicial office has not been recommended by the Commission under this Act, the Minister shall within 30 days of that appointment cause to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas a statement containing a reasoned written explanation of the decision of the Government not to nominate a candidate recommended by the Commission.

(3) In publishing the reasoned written decision in accordance with subsection (2), the persons recommended by the Commission shall not be identified.”.