Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Ceann Comhairle has outlined that I cannot get into criteria and I will not get into criteria. This is my job. There are still names of persons who applied for that position sitting on file in my Department. There is still a vacancy and if that vacancy is to be filled, they will be again looked at. It is not for me to get into criteria. There is no specific criteria for me. I do not have a list or boxes that I tick. It is not given to me. I have to use my judgment and I do apply my own set of criteria. I am not going to get into that because we are talking about sitting judges in this instance.

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