Varadkar said Woulfe would be 'good judge', Dáil hears

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has told the Dáil that she took on board a comment from Tánaiste Leo Varadkar that Seamus Woulfe would "make a good judge", but said she uses her own judgement when making decisions.

The minister said that there were five expressions of interest, plus the name put forward by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board . The minister said the practice in relation to appointments is that only one judge's name is brought to Cabinet by the Minister for Justice and she said that this practice is important in relation to judicial appointments.

He asked her why the Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader was not informed of the other names put forward for a position on the Supreme Court. He told Minister McEntee that it appeared to him that she presented the name of Mr Justice Woulfe as a "done deal". — RTÉ News November 26, 2020 Ms McEntee said that when she made the recommendation to the Taoiseach he "did not object".

The minister said that she could not get into criteria, as indicated by the Ceann Comhairle, which provoked heckles from the Dáil.Ms Murphy said that a "scoring system" existed for "any job you go for". She questioned why there was not a metric and if this allowed for an "emotional decision" to be made.

Bríd Smith of Sol-PBP appeals to TDs to support her party's motion to remove Justice Seamus Woulfe from the Supreme Court ¦ Read more: https://t.co/ZwSJ2qnjfL pic.twitter.com/IZU0riYCjx

Nobody is interested. All politicians are bought and paid for. Owned by the Globalist corporations.

Amazing really , suitable to be a good judge but not capable of understanding COVID restrictions hmmmm

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