Judicial Appointments Process: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-26
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Brendan Howlin (LAB), Wexford

The Minister should not talk down the time.
I have laid out the process and I am familiar with it. I served in two Governments with Fine Gael. The Minister for Justice brings a proposal after it has been debated at some length with the leaders of Government. Why did that not happen in this instance? When was the Minister first told of the application of Mr. Justice Woulfe for the position and who informed the Minister of that?

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Sitting date: 2020-11-26