Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion

Ms Sinéad Lucey:

Some of these points were made earlier with regard to processes and how court rules can be improved. Funnily enough, we made a submission recently in which one of the observations that it is almost easier and more straightforward to introduce a case to the High Court than the District Court, which makes no sense. Procedurally it is easier and more straightforward. There is definitely very significant scope in the rules to streamline and make it much more straightforward to bring a case and get through the court system much quicker.

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