Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I am very serious about it and recently consulted the Chief Justice on it. We await the Judiciary's comments on the latest draft of the Bill. I treat it as a matter of high priority because the Bill will promote excellence in the performance of our judges, high standards and I hope deal with the effective use of judicial resources. It will involve lay people in the investigation of alleged breaches of judicial ethics. I told the Chief Justice recently that we wanted to push ahead with the Bill. As soon as we receive the latest deliberations from the Judiciary, we will proceed to finalise the drafting of the Bill.

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