Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

At the moment the section reads:

In advising the President in relation to the appointment of a person to a judicial office the Government shall firstly consider for appointment those persons whose names have been recommended to the Minister or, in the case of section 44 the Government in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

The amendment seeks to delete the word "firstly" in order to leave the Government free to consider other persons for appointment first if it wishes to do so.