Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----in the best fashion by the courts. Some are appealed and some overturned. I am quite sure that members of the Judiciary are very cognisant of the fact that in superior courts up to the Supreme Court and even the European Court cases have been overturned. It is perfectly obvious that decisions of the District Court, the Circuit Court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal - even the Supreme Court only this week - have been overturned. The judges in these courts make decisions which they are perfectly within their rights to make and they do so completely independently of anything to do with politics. I do not have much association with members of the Judiciary. I expect them to do their job fully and in the best interests of the law of the country they serve.

The appointment of judges by the Government is a matter dealt with under the Constitution. The question is what kind of council one would establish to assess the applications, the criteria, the qualifications, the expertise and the kind of personality and character of potential appointees. The matter has not been finalised yet. However, the position is clear - the Constitution gives the Government authority in respect of recommendations. As to whether there will be a judicial council, that is a matter for decision.

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