Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I expect to publish the heads of the Bill to provide for establishing a new judicial appointments commission this term. Then it will have to proceed to pre-legislative scrutiny and be passed by the House, so it will depend on the arrangements that are made in that regard. Our preference is to make any further judicial appointments when that legislation is in place, but clearly the Government will continue to consider the needs of the courts as they arise over the forthcoming period.

See this speech in context