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- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: In this situation normal practice going back over several decades was followed. It is recorded in many different places-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: -----including in academic sources. Normal practice over a long period, including during the terms when the Deputy's party was in government, has been that the Minister for Justice-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: Why does the Deputy not listen to the reply before he starts making comments?
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: Yes, I am answering the question. I am telling him that there is precedent here. The Minister for Justice and Equality in consultation with the Taoiseach brings a name to the Cabinet by way of nomination. That has always been the situation-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: -----for the personal privacy of applicants, for obvious professional and commercial reasons. Apart from anything else, this approach is central to the maintenance of the independence of our Judiciary-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: -----which we all know is recognised and highly valued.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: When an item is on a Cabinet agenda the information relating to that is covered by Cabinet confidentiality.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: That is the reply to the Deputy's question.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: No, it did not ignore it. This is not correct. It did not ignore it.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: As I said, there was no procedure before, and it was informal lobbying-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: -----it would appear, or making interests known, by judges. A procedure was put in place. It is not on a statutory basis but a procedure was put in place and the Judiciary is well aware of that procedure. We now have the possibility of extremely comprehensive legislation coming before the House next week. Work on the new legislation will now move forward under the guidance of my...
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: I call on Deputy O'Callaghan, and others, to disassociate himself from the comments of his leader, who attempted to play the woman and not the issue.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: I will deal with the first question. What I made very clear in my answer is that there is a process in place if a judge, any judge, wants to express an interest in a judicial vacancy. Under previous Governments there was not a process in place. There is now a process in place, and if any judge wants to express an interest at any point, not just when he or she knows there are vacancies but...
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: Can I make it absolutely clear that all expressions of interest that were received in respect of this or any other vacancy had been absolutely appropriately dealt with----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: -----had been absolutely appropriately dealt with-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have already-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: Does the Deputy want me to answer?
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have already outlined that there is a procedure in place, whereby they go to the Office of the Attorney General who then forwards them-----
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: Sorry, would the Deputy mind listening to the answer?
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Attorney General then forwards them-----