Mr. Brendan Ryan:

From the most recent report I received yesterday, we have told the Department it will be ready in January. Again, that has taken significant resources from everywhere else within the system. We got funding of €2 million in one year, around four budgets ago. The legislation was amended when the new Government came in and we have been putting money, resources, time and effort into this.

Swords courthouse is not fit for purpose. It is one of the poorest courthouses we have. We have been borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. Any money we have in the capital programme is not being used in it but to deal with IT infrastructure such as implementing the Fines Act. We need to do something about Swords courthouse as it is a priority matter and accessibility is an issue. Aside from that, the building is not fit for purpose