‘Judges do not want to reveal finances’

Transport Minister Shane Ross has escalated a public spat over the appointment of judges by declaring that members of the judiciary do not want to declare their financial interests.

Mr Ross was responding to Supreme Court Justice Susan Denham’s defence of the judiciary, where she said judges wanted reforms, including how they were appointed.

However, Mr Ross, who wants a lay majority to decide appointments, stepped up his attack on the judiciary yesterday, as internal disagreement continued in government about the issue.