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

It has been made clear that I did not. It is also clear that it has been a long-standing practice for there to be other names and that other judges put their names forward through expressions of interest. Having heard from former Ministers for Justice, it is also clear that it is not always the practice for the Minister to inform the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste of other names. The Minister makes a recommendation and that is what I did in this instance. There have been other instances because six appointments have been made in the past four and half months where questions have been asked and other names have been discussed. That did not happen in this instance.

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