Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have no wish to make the Minister's life difficult, but she can imagine how this sounds to the people listening and watching. Five sitting judges expressed an interest in going to the Supreme Court. They submitted their expressions of interest to the Office of the Attorney General. The Attorney General himself had an interest in being promoted. Nobody reflected on that as a procedure and a practice yet the Minister has stood here today and spoken about traditions and practice.

I am a little confused. I heard the Minister say that the current Tánaiste, the former Taoiseach, said that the former Attorney General would make a good judge. However, the Minister did not discuss this with him. If he had an opinion on that, did he have an opinion on the other sitting judges who wished to sit on a higher court?

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