Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new Judiciary Board will be appointed to vet new applications by solicitors and barristers for appointment to the position of judges of all courts. [23244/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022 was published on 8 April 2022, taking into account the outcome both of widespread consultations and key aspects of a comprehensive pre-legislative scrutiny report prepared by an Oireachtas Committee. This represents an important step forward in the reform of the judicial appointments process, as I have committed to in my recently published Justice Plan 2022.

While I cannot specify a date at this early stage, I look forward to working with all members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to bring this legislation to enactment this year.