55. (1) Within 30 days after the end of each year, the Minister shall cause to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas a statement of appointments made or elections to judicial office during the previous year—

(a) by the President, and

(b) outside the State pursuant to nominations made by the Government.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to appointments made or elections to judicial office before the coming into operation of this section.

(3) A statement under subsection (1) shall include—

(a) the name of each person appointed or elected to judicial office and the judicial office to which he or she was appointed or elected, as the case may be, and

(b) particulars of the education, professional qualifications and experience of each person appointed.