TD's super junior ministers challenge seeks 'unprecedented' intervention of judiciary, court told

The Attorney General said the practice of ministers of state attending Cabinet meetings has been ratified and recognised multiple times by members of the Oireachtas

Attorney General Rossa Fanning (pictured) said the court should resist the Sinn Féin TD's attempt to have the judiciary involve itself in a 'political contest being played as an away fixture down at the Four Courts'.Photo SAM BOAL/Collins Photos

A Kerry TD’s High Court action challenging the constitutionality of super junior minister appointments seeks the judiciary’s “unprecedented” intervention in the inner workings of the Government’s executive branch, the Attorney General has said.

Rossa Fanning made the argument in presenting the State’s defence to Pa Daly’s case, which opened before a three-judge divisional court on Monday.