A new system of selection for judicial office will be rolled out in the coming days, the Courts Services has said.
The measures mean all candidates, including serving judges, will be subject to new application and interview procedures.
A website with information about the new selection process, current vacancies, and how online applications can be made will go live later this week.
The Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 provides that recommendations of persons for judicial office shall be based on merit.
It added the act also considers gender equality, diversity and those proficient in the Irish language.
The Judicial Appointments Commission was established on 1 January and replaces the dissolved Judicial Appointments Advisory Board.
It will select and recommend people for all judicial offices in Ireland and in the EU and international courts.
Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell said the new Judicial Appointments Commission is an "important development in the history of the Irish judiciary and introduces significant changes to the judicial appointments system in Ireland".
"The new commission will deliver on a programme of selection for judicial vacancies, based on an unambiguous legislative requirement that judicial appointments continue to be based on merit," he said.
