Vol. 449 No. 7
192 Dr. Woods asked the Minister for Justice the judicial appointments that have been made since the formation of the rainbow coalition Government; the extent to which each of these appointees complies with the criteria as laid down in the recently published Courts Bill; and if any such appointee is in receipt of any other pensions or payments from public funds. [4337/95]
Since the Government took office on 15 December 1994 an ordinary judge of the High Court was appointed President of that Court, and one ordinary judge of the High Court and two judges of the District Court were appointed. The normal criteria for the making of judicial appointments were applied in these cases, pending the enactment of statutory criteria. One of the appointees to the District Court is in receipt of public service pensions totalling £28,024 per annum.
