Mr. Brendan Ryan:

Dolphin House is a former hotel. It is more fit for purpose than the Swords venue. However, it is not the solution. I indicated that part of the Government investment strategy for the next seven years lies in the public private partnership funding which has been allocated to us to provide a purpose-built family law child care court venue with 22 courts in Hammond Lane, which is between the Four Courts and Phoenix House and is on the Luas line. It is a big empty site in State ownership. Funding has been provided for that. In the meantime, as I mentioned, we intend to transfer business over the next several months to the Bridewell courts, which are located behind the Four Courts and next to Bridewell Garda station. All the child care courts sitting in Dolphin House, which can be two or three depending on the week, will transfer over to the Bridewell. I have allocated staffing for that and funding to develop it. Dolphin House will then revert to being a family law centre. This will allow us to enhance the facilities. It will never be ideal but it will solve a problem for the next several years until the Hammond Lane site is developed. We are making progress in this area. What we propose will resolve the family law issues. As I mentioned to the Chairman and the members, it is not an ideal solution for the child care courts to move there but it is the best stopgap measure we can come up with in the short term.