Mr. Brendan Ryan:

I have statistics regarding court dates. There are not significant delays in the District Court. In the District Court, as in the Circuit Court, criminal matters take precedence, followed by family law matters and then civil matters. In terms of waiting times for family domestic violence cases, 29 of the 34 offices included in the most recent report deal with such cases within a month while the remainder do so within three months.

Urgent and barring applications are dealt with on the day – we are talking about domestic violence. As I said, 29 of the 34 offices will deal with cases within a month. In respect of family law, including custody and access, 17 of the offices will deal with cases within one month and the other 17 will have dealt with them within three months.