Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----to have a separate competition for each and every position.The Minister stated that it is somehow fanciful and queried the time periods to which I referred. I stated that it will take two or three months for the judicial appointments commission to advertise a position, set a fair period for people to submit applications, interview and evaluate those individuals, meet thereafter and decide its shortlist and send it to the Government for its careful consideration.