Input (grade 13): Unsuccessful in Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann elections in 1948 and 1951, he was re-appointed as Attorney General in 1951 and in 1953 he was appointed as the youngest member of the Supreme Court by his mentor, de Valera.
Output (grade 10): He was re-appointed as Attorney-General in 1951 and in 1953 he became the youngest member of the Supreme Court.