Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service
9:00 am
Mr. Brendan Ryan:
Of the 34 offices, a total of six say they deal with civil matters within a one month period. Some 21 offices deal with cases before the end of three months and a further seven do so with a six month period. The committee will appreciate that the Judiciary tends to give priority initially to criminal law and then to family law. Civil law is afforded the least priority.