Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the judicial appointments advisory board who are barristers, former barristers, benchers of the King's Inns or solicitors. [12247/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Judicial Appointments Advisory Board consists of 11 members. It is chaired by the Chief Justice and includes the Presidents of the Court of Appeal, High Court, Circuit Court and District Court, the Attorney General, nominated representatives of the Bar Council and the Law Society and three persons nominated by the Minister for Justice and Equality. Six members of the Board are barristers or former barristers and 2 members are solicitors or former solicitors while the three Ministerial nominees are appointed to the Board on the basis of their knowledge or experience of commerce, finance, or administration or have experience as consumers of services provided by the courts. As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government proposes extensive reform of the judicial appointments process, to ensure it remains transparent, fair and credible.