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The Government has today nominated six persons for appointment by the President as Specialist Judges of the Circuit Court. Those nominated for appointment are: Ms Mary Enright, County Registrar for Kilkenny; Ms Verona Lambe, County Registrar for Offaly; Mr William Lyster, County Registrar for Roscommon; Mr Patrick Meghan, County Registrar for Limerick; Ms Mary O’Malley, County Registrar for Meath and Ms Susan Ryan, County Registrar for Dublin.

Part Six of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 provided for the amendment of the Courts Acts to create a cadre of Specialist Judges of the Circuit Court to facilitate the speedy consideration of insolvency applications by that Court. In order to avoid expenditure on additional judicial salaries and pensions, eligibility for these new judgeships was initially confined under the provisions of the 2012 Act to serving County Registrars. These independent office holders have the necessary legal qualifications and practice experience and are in receipt of state salaries ranging from €129,521 to €145,952. The current salary for a Judge of the Circuit Court, appointed after 1 January 2012, is €140,623 regardless of their current salary. The number of county registrar posts will now be reduced by six from 23 to 17 and work redistributed following consultation with the serving county registrars.

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