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.