Judicial Appointments Commission Bill
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Bills to legislate for e-scooters and 40km M50 speed limit on Government agenda
- Politics
- January 14, 2021, 13:41
The Government intends to publish a total of 32 Bills this spring, including a Bill that will enforce maximum speed limits of 40kmph on the M50 and le(...)

'Irish Times' view on Judicial Appointments Commission: Minimalist plan for change
- Editorial
- December 22, 2020, 00:05
Nearly every attempt at changing the system for selecting judges has been a short-term response to an immediate political problem. The Judicial Appoi(...)

Justice portfolio ‘appealing’ to Minister for Transport Shane Ross
- Politics
- January 9, 2020, 01:00
Minister for Transport Shane Ross has said the idea of becoming Minister for Justice to oversee reforms to how judges are appointed, an issue champion(...)

Shane Ross: ‘Going to Cabinet meetings was a weekly ambush’
- Politics
- January 9, 2020, 01:00
In a few weeks from now, Shane Ross hopes to find himself in the same position he was four years ago: re-elected to the Dáil and negotiating with pote(...)

Opposition confirm intention to prevent Bill on judiciary becoming law
- Politics
- November 26, 2019, 21:31
Opposition Senators have signalled their intention to challenge legislation on the reform of how judges are appointed to prevent it becoming law befor(...)

Most filibustered legislation in living memory back in Seanad with 78 new amendments
- Politics
- November 19, 2019, 21:13
A renewed attempt to ensure legal representatives are in a majority on a new commission for the appointment of judges has been rejected by 15 votes to(...)

Judicial appointments Bill needs ‘substantial work’, Minister says
- Oireachtas
- July 10, 2019, 20:21
Controversial legislation on judicial appointments finally moved on to the next stage after a marathon debate of more than 100 hours came to an unexpe(...)

Bill on judicial misconduct and sentencing guidelines passes Dáil
- Oireachtas
- July 4, 2019, 19:31
Twenty years after it was first proposed, landmark legislation to deal with judicial misconduct and sentencing guidelines was passed in the Dáil after(...)

Government may attempt to guillotine judicial reform bill again
- Oireachtas
- April 17, 2019, 17:10
The Government might make another effort to guillotine one of the longest running legislation debates in Irish parliamentary history after narrowly fa(...)

Task of selecting District and Circuit Court presidents begins
- Irish News
- April 16, 2019, 21:25
The process to appoint new presidents of the Circuit and District Courts has been initiated by the Government. It will be modelled on proposed refor(...)