Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 88:

In page 29, to delete lines 28 to 40 and substitute the following:“42.(1) Where—

(a) the judicial office of Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal or President of the High Court stands vacant, or

(b) the Minister reasonably apprehends that any of those offices will stand vacant,

the Minister shall request the Commission to seek applications on the part of eligible persons who wish to be considered for appointment to such office.

(2) Upon receiving the applications referred to in subsection (1)the Commission shall consider the suitability of all eligible candidates and recommend, based on merit, to the Government ranked in the order of the Commission’s preference, the 2 most suitable candidates for appointment to the judicial office referred to in subsection (1).

(3) The Commission may accept applications from eligible members of the Commission.”.

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