Judicial Retirements.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 March 2008

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

Questions (412)

Charles Flanagan

Question:

484 Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date of the retirement of each judge who has retired from the Judiciary here since 1995 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8885/08]

Written answers

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy Brian Lenihan)

The following are the retirement dates for each judge who has retired from the judiciary from 1995 to date:

Supreme Court

Name	Date of Retirement
Seamus F. Egan	02/12/1995
John Joseph Blayney	14/03/1997
Hugh O’Flaherty	18/04/1999
Kevin Lynch	15/12/1999
Liam Hamilton	30/01/2000
Donal Barrington	20/02/2000
Francis Murphy	19/10/2002
Henry Barron	01/01/2006
Brian McCracken	13/07/2006
Catherine McGuinness	14/11/2006

High Court

Name	Date of Retirement
Roderick J. O’Hanlon	12/04/1999
Declan Costello	01/01/1998
Cyril Kelly	21/04/1999
Fergus Flood	09/07/2000
Frederick Morris	01/12/2001
Robert Barr	28/06/2002
Matthew P. Smith	01/01/2005
Mella Carroll	06/11/2005
Dermot Kinlen	20/04/2002
Thomas Smyth	29/12/2007

Circuit Court

Name	Date of Retirement
James Carroll	12/04/1995
Gerard Buchanan	28/08/1996
Diarmuid P. Sheridan	13/03/1998
Anthony G. Murphy	01/09/2001
John F Buckey	07/10/2001
Kieran O’Connor	02/11/2001
John Clifford	12/05/2002
Dominic Lynch	05/10/2002
Liam Devally	17/10/2002
Brian Curtin	13/11/2006

District Court

Name	Date of Retirement
Patrick Brennan	02/04/1995
Maura Roche	25/08/1996
Mary Kotsonouris	14/10/1996
Aiden O’Donnell	05/08/1998
Thelma King	30/08/1998
Brenda Wallace	11/07/1999
John P Delap	08/08/1999
Bernard M Brennan	20/08/1999
Daniel Shields	06/08/1999
Timothy Crowley	12/03/2001
Albert O’Dea	18/07/2001
Gillian Hussey	13/04/2002
Brian Kirby	18/05/2002
James O’Sullivan	04/08/2002
John Garavan	30/09/2003
Michael Connellan	04/04/2005
Michael O’Leary	08/05/2006
John O’Donnell	29/09/2006