Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 November 2003

Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages.

 

There is nothing contentious in this Bill. As I have indicated, the current legislative method of increasing the number of judges is somewhat cumbersome. There may be a more expeditious way of doing so without losing any accountability and I will examine the matter further. It might be asked why the Government could not increase the number of judges by order and this might be the way forward. If such orders were to be made, both Houses of the Oireachtas would want to be notified and perhaps approve them in advance. Rather than having substantive legislation, there would be a system of an order being put in place, subject to prior approval of the Oireachtas.

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