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The Government, at its meeting today, has appointed Ms Rowena Mulcahy to the post of Taxing Master following an open competition conducted by the Public Appointments Service.

The vacancy arises following the retirement of one of the two Taxing Masters, Mr. James Flynn, on 21 December 2011. Under section 3 of the Court Officers Act 1926, the appointment of a Taxing Master is made by the Government. The legislation also provides that there shall be two such posts. An open competition was held by the Public Appointments Service which advertised the post last September and subsequently provided a list of three candidates for the Government’s consideration. Ms. Rowena Mulcahy is the second Taxing Master to be appointed following this competition. Mr. Declan O’Neill was appointed by the Government on 13 December last.

This appointment is on an interim basis pending the establishment of the Office of Legal Costs Adjudicator provided for in the recently published Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011.