Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The comments by Mr. Justice Kelly to which the Deputy referred related specifically to Supreme Court appointments. We have been very careful never to interfere with the Judiciary. Nobody in this country could quibble with the elevation of Mrs. Justice Susan Denham from the Supreme Court to the role of Chief Justice. The two most recent appointments to the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Clarke and Mr. Justice MacMenamin, were made by a previous Administration on the basis of the appointees' qualities, integrity and credibility.

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