Mr Justice Woulfe is refusing to resign after attending a golf dinner that broke Covid restrictions.
His refusal comes despite Chief Justice Frank Clarke calling for him to do so.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is seeking consensus in how to approach the stand-off.
Solicitor Robert Pierce represented Judge Brian Curtin who was tried for possessing images of child pornography.
He says if the government still has confidence in Leo Varadkar after the leak controversy, it can't impeach Seamas Woulfe:
"The Dail refused to pass a motion of no confidence in a Taoiseach who had leaked a confidential document. What is that as a standard behaviour? Can those people now turn around and say we have no confidence in a man who attended a dinner?"
