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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Justice
- Introduced
- 8 Apr 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Establishes Judicial Appointments Commission with 9 members (Chief Justice, Court Presidents, judges, Attorney General, lay members) to select and recommend candidates for judicial appointments based on merit.
- Commission must publish selection procedures and required knowledge/skills statements; recommendations shall consider gender balance, population diversity, and Irish language proficiency for State judgeships.
- Dissolves existing Judicial Appointments Advisory Board; creates Commission Office with Director; provides funding via Courts Service; restricts Freedom of Information access to selection records.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil8 Apr 2022
- Second Stage33rd Dáil8 Apr 2022
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil28 Apr 2022
- Report Stage33rd Dáil29 Jun 2022
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil29 Jun 2022
- Second Stage26th Seanad29 Jun 2022
- Committee Stage26th Seanad5 Oct 2022
- Report Stage26th Seanad7 Mar 2023
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad4 Jul 2023
- Enacted8 Dec 2023
Debates
- From the Seanad4 Oct 2023
- Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage4 Jul 2023
- Report Stage (Resumed)17 May 2023
- Report Stage (Resumed)18 Apr 2023
- Report Stage28 Mar 2023
- Committee Stage (Resumed)7 Mar 2023
- Committee Stage (Resumed)25 Jan 2023
- Committee Stage (Resumed)15 Nov 2022
- Committee Stage (Resumed)26 Oct 2022
- Committee Stage (Resumed)25 Oct 2022
- Committee Stage18 Oct 2022
- Second Stage5 Oct 2022
- Report and Final Stages29 Jun 2022
- Second Stage (Resumed)28 Apr 2022
- Second Stage27 Apr 2022
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