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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017
- Sponsor
- Minister for Justice and Equality
- Introduced
- 30 May 2017
- Last updated
- 19 Feb 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Establishes Judicial Appointments Commission with 5 committees to select and recommend candidates for judicial office based on merit, with committees including judges, lawyers, and lay members.
- Dissolves Judicial Appointments Advisory Board and repeals existing judicial appointments provisions in Courts and Court Officers Act 1995, replacing them with new merit-based selection process.
- Amends qualification requirements allowing District Court judges to qualify for High Court and legal academics with 12+ years standing plus 4 years practice to qualify for judicial appointment.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage32nd Dáil30 May 2017
- Second Stage32nd Dáil27 Jun 2017
- Committee Stage32nd Dáil6 Jul 2017
- Report Stage32nd Dáil17 May 2018
- Fifth Stage32nd Dáil31 May 2018
- Second Stage25th Seanad20 Jun 2018
- Committee Stage25th Seanad20 Jun 2018
- Report Stage25th Seanad10 Jul 2019
- Fifth Stage25th Seanad11 Dec 2019
Debates
- Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage11 Dec 2019
- Report Stage (Resumed)10 Dec 2019
- Report Stage (Resumed)27 Nov 2019
- Report Stage (Resumed)26 Nov 2019
- Report Stage19 Nov 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)10 Jul 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)2 Jul 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)25 Jun 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)18 Jun 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)11 Jun 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)28 May 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)14 May 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)9 May 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)17 Apr 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)10 Apr 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)4 Apr 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)5 Mar 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)27 Feb 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)26 Feb 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)20 Feb 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)19 Feb 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)12 Feb 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)5 Feb 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)30 Jan 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)22 Jan 2019
- Committee Stage (Resumed)19 Dec 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)12 Dec 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)28 Nov 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)21 Nov 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)20 Nov 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)15 Nov 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)14 Nov 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)8 Nov 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)6 Nov 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)24 Oct 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)16 Oct 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)4 Oct 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)26 Sep 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)11 Jul 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)10 Jul 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)9 Jul 2018
- Committee Stage (Resumed)4 Jul 2018
- Committee Stage3 Jul 2018
- Second Stage20 Jun 2018
- Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage31 May 2018
- Report Stage (Resumed)23 May 2018
- Report Stage (Resumed)22 May 2018
- Order for Report Stage17 May 2018
- Second Stage (Resumed)6 Jul 2017
- Second Stage (Resumed)5 Jul 2017
- Second Stage (Resumed)4 Jul 2017
- Second Stage (Resumed)29 Jun 2017
- Second Stage (Resumed)28 Jun 2017
- Order for Second Stage27 Jun 2017
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