Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the avenues available to Government to review a decision made by a judge in court; the sanctions available to remove a judge or sanction a judge who is found to have not carried out their duties correctly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27721/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, all judges are independent in the exercise of their judicial functions and subject in those functions only to the Constitution and the law.

As the Deputy will also be aware, it is open to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to appeal any sentence that, in the opinion of the DPP, is unduly lenient. The DPP is fully independent in her functions under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974. As Minister, I have no role in this function.