Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Judicial Appointments: Discussion

11:00 am

Dr. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill:

It is necessary to separate the two. We are talking about the appointment of judges and county registrars to permanent positions. Country registrars perform an administrative and nearly quasi-judicial function in some respects. However, the concepts should be separated.