Judicial Appointments Process: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-26
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Helen McEntee (FG), Meath East

I was asked to fill one position. I have filled that position. There is currently a vacancy and if the Chief Justice asks me to fill that vacancy I certainly will. Regarding any other vacancies that have arisen since then in the District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and the Circuit Court, when I have been asked by the Presidents of those courts, I have filled them. If I am asked to fill this vacancy, I will. What I do not believe is that we should choose judges based on their ideology or decisions they have taken. I certainly do not think we have a situation, unlike that which we might have seen in the US, where elections hinge on who gets to pick the next Supreme Court. I do not think that is a route by which we should go, nor do we.

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Sitting date: 2020-11-26