Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 43:

In page 35, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“Jurisdiction (Parts 2 and 3)

38. (1) The jurisdiction conferred on the District Court by section 19 shall be exercised by—

(a) a judge of the District Court who is assigned to the district court district in which an applicant under that section ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation, or

(b) where no applicant under that section ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation in the State, a judge who is assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan District.

(2) The jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court by sections 20 and 33 shall be exercised by—

(a) the judge of the circuit in which an applicant under the section concerned ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation, or

(b) where no applicant under the section concerned ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation in the State, by a judge of the court for the time being assigned to the Dublin Circuit.

(3) The jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court by section 30 shall be exercised by the judge of the circuit in which the DAHR facility concerned is located.”.

This is a new section to confer standard jurisdiction on the courts with regard to the functions under sections 19,20, 30 and 33. It is a straightforward amendment relating to jurisdiction of courts.

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