Seanad debates

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed)

 

10:30 am

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I accept the Chair's ruling, obviously, but I am not. I have asked the Minister to be explicit on this. If these things are kept secret, the Government will not know who is being knocked off the list and who is being ignored consistently and that is the reason I slightly digress. It is most important to existing judicial appointees seeking promotion. It is most important that the Government is not kept in the dark. At this point, rather than prolong my contribution, which will not be the last on this group of amendments, I ask the Minister to make something clear to me. With the presence of the Attorney General on the judicial appointments commission, provided for in the Dáil by amendment against the wishes of the Government - though I am not sure, will it be permissible for the Attorney General to inform the Cabinet, when it is considering an appointment, who the other eligible applicants were? We need a simple answer to that question.

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