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

The Minister of the day asks the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board to set the wheels in motion to make recommendations. However I only do so when I am asked either by the president of the relevant court or the Chief Justice to fill that vacancy. In this instance, there were two; the second only arose only a very short time before I came into this role on 27 June. I was asked to fill one role. In the time since, I was not asked to fill the second role. However ,if the Chief Justice asks me to do that, I will, of course, do so and I will set the wheels in motion, with the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board.

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