Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project
11:20 am
Mr. Brian Purcell:
To be honest, it depends on the throughput and the ability of the courts system to deal with those cases. We had 314 new judicial review cases in 2012, 453 in 2011 and 374 in 2010. In 2012 we had 350 cases finalised, 191 in 2011 and 235 in 2010. The number of new cases coming on stream was 1,141, while 756 were dealt with. That is the level of throughput in the system.