Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)

Is the Taoiseach satisfied that there are ten members on the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board? Without going into the details relating to the entire board, I point out that three of the members are known as lay members. These three members of the board have retired and this has resulted in a corresponding number of vacancies. When it was in office, the previous Government filled such vacancies by appointing a person who previously served as Fianna Fáil's director of elections in Dún Laoghaire and another-----

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