Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, but I want to make the point on promotions here that there is a school of thought that is of the view that all appointments to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal should be by way of judicial promotion. I do not subscribe to that view. There are very good examples where successful, expert lawyers were appointed directly from the well of the Law Library or indeed from the other arm of the profession directly to the High Court or indeed to the other court, so it is not exclusively the preserve of sitting judges. I would be anxious to maintain that.