Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judicial appointments made between June 1997 and February 2011 to the District, Circuit and Supreme Courts separately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35760/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The persons appointed to the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court from June 1997 to February 2011 are as follows:

1997 (June - Dec)

No Appointments

1998

Supreme Court

No appointments

High Court

Frederick Morris (Appointed President of the High Court)

Matthew Smith

Fidelma Macken

Nicholas Kearns

Circuit Court

Diarmuid Sheridan (Appointed President of the Circuit Court)

Esmond Smyth (Appointed President of the Circuit Court)

Yvonne Murphy

John O'Hagan

John Clifford

District Court

James Scally

Mary Devins

Thomas O'Donnell

James O'Connor

David Anderson

1999

Supreme Court

John Murray

High Court

Iarfhlaith O'Neill

Joseph Finnegan

Aindrias O'Caoimh

Circuit Court

Bryan McMahon

District Court

Sean MacBride

Patrick Brady

Leo Malone

Timothy Lucey

2000

Supreme Court

Ronan Keane (Appointed Chief Justice)

Adrian Hardiman

Hugh Geoghegan

Niall Fennelly

Catherine McGuinness

High Court

Roderick Murphy

Daniel Herbert

Paul Butler

Liam McKechnie

Circuit Court

Desmond Hogan

District Court

David Maughan

Gerard Furlong

2001

Supreme Court

No appointments

High Court

Joseph Finnegan (Appointed President of the High Court)

Circuit Court

Michael O'Shea

Sean O'Donovan

Brian Curtin

Katherine Delahunt

District Court

James McNulty

Conal Gibbons

Bridget Reilly

2002

Supreme Court

Brian McCracken

High Court

Henry Abbot

Eamon de Valera

Mary Finlay Geoghegan

Michael Peart

Barry White

Circuit Court

Mary Faherty

Alan Mahon

Gerald Keys

Patricia Ryan

Miriam Reynolds Buckley

James O'Donohoe

District Court

Geoffrey Browne

Bryan Smyth

Anne Watkin

Cormac Dunne

John Coughlan

2003

Supreme Court

No appointments

High Court

Paul Gilligan

Sean Ryan

Sean O'Leary

Circuit Court

No appointments

District Court

Angela Condon

2004

Supreme Court

John Murray (Appointed Chief Justice)

Nicholas Kearns

High Court

Fidelma Macken

Michael Hanna

John MacMenamin

Elizabeth Dunne

Circuit Court

Alice Doyle

Doirbhile Flanagan

Donagh McDonagh

Cornelius Murphy

Terence O'Sullivan

District Court

Hugh O'Donnell

Ann Ryan

2005

Supreme Court

Fidelma Macken

High Court

Kevin Haugh

Circuit Court

Matthew Deery (Appointed President of the Circuit Court)

District Court

Miriam Malone (Appointed President of the District Court)

Patrick Clyne

Derek McVeigh

Brian Sheridan

Aeneas McCarthy

2006

Supreme Court

Joseph Finnegan

High Court

Richard Johnson (Appointed President of the High Court)

Kevin Feeney

Brian McGovern

Peter Charleton

Maureen Harding Clark

Circuit Court

Tom Teehan

District Court

Dympna Cusack

Patrick McMahon

Desmond Zaidan

2007

Supreme Court

No appointments

High Court

John Hedigan

Bryan McMahon

George Birmingham

John Edwards

Mary Irvine

Patrick McCarthy

Garrett Sheehan

Circuit Court

Tony Hunt

Rory McCabe

Martin Nolan

Gerard Griffin

Petria McDonnell

Raymond Fullam

District Court

Anthony Halpin

John Lindsay

Eamon O'Brien

David McHugh

Elizabeth MacGrath

Denis McLoughlin

2008

Supreme Court

No appointments

High Court

Dan O'Keeffe

John Cooke

Circuit Court

No appointments

District Court

Dermot Dempsey

Kevin Kilrane

Victor Blake

David Kennedy

2009

Supreme Court

No appointments

High Court

Nicholas Kearns (Appointed President of the High Court)

Circuit Court

No appointments

District Court

Heather Perrin

Seamus Hughes

2010

Supreme Court

Donal O'Donnell

Liam McKechnie

High Court

Gerard Hogan

Circuit Court

Leonie Reynolds

Margaret Heneghan

District Court

Olann Kelleher

Patricia McNamara

Catherine Staines

Paul Kelly

2011 (Jan - Feb)

No appointments