Andrew Munro:

In the main, the cases will be heard in the Circuit Court. While there is no de minimis threshold, the likelihood is that they will be concerned with more serious cases involving a trial on indictment. Part of the discussions among member states is the question of exclusive competence, and if it is pragmatic for the European Public Prosecutor to have exclusive competence over even the most minor cases, the type of cases that would only be brought to the District Court because it is of such minor value. It is open to question as to whether that is an efficient model. That is also forming part of the discussion. The majority of serious fraud cases do not go to the Central Criminal Court, they go to the Circuit Criminal Count as that is where the jurisdiction lies.