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- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: There was no question of any pressure being placed on the President to make the appointment-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: Let me answer-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: -----to make the appointment on a specific date.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have actually answered that. His only involvement was to indicate availability in his diary to attend the ceremony. It has been commonplace for judges to be confirmed by the President over the years, sometimes within days-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: I answered the question earlier. It is sometimes within days and sometimes-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is normal practice for the Department of the Taoiseach to make contact with the President's office in order to arrange the logistics of the appointment.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: That is a broader question of how Cabinet operates and I am not in a position to answer that.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: What I have made absolutely clear is that all applications, whether by way of the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board, JAAB, or by way of expressions of interest by the Judiciary, are dealt with appropriately and correctly. There is a procedure-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: I am respecting the confidentiality of the process of-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: -----the appointment of judges. I would never feel that it was appropriate to give details on who or who did not apply.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: It has never been the practice to give any information on the numbers of judges who have applied. That is for privacy and confidentiality reasons.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: The point I have made is that in circumstances in which there are applicants for the position of a judge, the usual procedure is that the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Taoiseach are the two people who bring that nomination to the Cabinet.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: Four questions? Yes.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: We do have a time limit, do we not? We will take the four questions, of course.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: There is no connection between the two items.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have already said that the former Attorney General acted appropriately at all times. Beyond saying that, I am not going to breach Cabinet confidentiality one way or another by referring further to her presence or absence at the Cabinet table.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have already answered with regard to the Taoiseach-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: The current Taoiseach. With regard to the details of the Deputy's question, all of the circumstances, memoranda and discussions around an appointment that is discussed at Cabinet are covered by Cabinet confidentiality. That is the reality of the situation.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: Following an amendment to the Constitution by the insertion of Article 28.4.3o,Cabinet discussions and documentation disclosing Cabinet discussions are absolutely confidential and cannot be disclosed. The same doctrine obviously applies to Cabinet committees. The word "discussions" as it is covered, and this is the reality of the situation, referred to by the court refers to the oral...
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: As I previously explained, an interim report was received which recommended the reopening of Stepaside Garda station. It also recommended that the reopening of a number of other stations should be considered and that a further final report would come at the end of June. There was also a recommendation that a Garda station should be opened in Dublin Airport and Dublin Port.