Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Courts and Courthouses: Discussion

Photo of Pa DalyPa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is anticipated that most normality in indoor settings as regards Covid will be returning on 22 October. There is concern in Tralee, and some people think that court services are being almost deliberately run down. All the jury trials will be moved to Limerick for five weeks from 15 November. Given that the restrictions will be more or less removed, would the Courts Service consider moving them back to Tralee to avoid a situation where gardaí, witnesses, legal practitioners and victims of crime all have to travel outside the county to attend trials there for the five weeks, notwithstanding the lessening of the numbers with the new arrangements?

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