Seanad debates

Monday, 9 July 2018

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed)

 

2:00 pm

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

If I as a senior counsel of, say, 15 years seniority fill out the forms and put in my application to this body, what will I know about what happens afterwards? Will I get a rejection slip or a kind little letter telling me that, although on this occasion I had been unsuccessful, I should feel free to have another go? Will it tell me that Joe Bloggs Limited had decided at a preliminary stage that I was out of the whole process under section 11? Will I get feedback as to how I did in my interview? It has become fashionable to tell people how well they did or did not do, give them guidance and assure them that they have been dealt with fairly. It is the nouvelle idéeof appointments and employment law to give all applicants feedback. If I do not even get an interview, I might get a message that something had gone wrong. If I do get an interview, will I get feedback afterwards on where I was considered to be weak?

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