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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: The role is to make the operation of the system more efficient and more technologically clued in, with appropriate buildings and other things. The most shocking statement today was the statement to the effect that the family law courts were appalling. I welcome the honesty and directness of the service in stating that. Is the children's court similarly appalling?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: The service has plans for that but there is no clarity around funding for it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: You may well be working with the Department of Justice and Equality on it but there is no clarity about the strategy or the level of funding that is necessary or available.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: When?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Of all the issues raised in the review, it is the interaction with the Department of Justice and Equality that strikes me most. It is not problematic on an individual level but on a more strategic and operational level, it is. One of the recommendations is to improve this interaction significantly. How is that happening? The failure of the Department of Justice and Equality to anticipate...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: It is not a recent Act - it is from 2016.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is right; three years ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: The requirement for a bilateral relationship at a strategic level between the Courts Service and the Department is highlighted in the review. What have you done about this? What has been set up to rectify this?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: A review of the civil administration.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Does Mr. Fallon accept what has been highlighted in the organisational review? It states there are deficits in the relationship that need to addressed proactively.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Good. If he accepts them, they have to be dealt with efficiently and speedily.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: I have a general question on the review of legislation. It came up in the context of the sexual offences Bill. The system seems to have an aversion to building a review into legislation and where it is built in, it is in a very limited manner. If provision for an operational review had been built into the Fines Act, it would have sorted out matters very quickly. Mr. Fallon said the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Something came up yesterday in the context of the Department of Justice and Equality and the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995. There is a very good provision included in that Act to provide assistance for victims of sexual or gender violence, but nobody is availing of it. The figures are extremely low. I think there was just one case in 2018, although I will not give further figures as I do not...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Does it give the Department cause for concern?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Will the Department look at the issue in terms of access to justice? The legislation was enacted in 1995 and this is 2019, yet there has been no review, despite there being little or no uptake of the provision.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: I have a question for Ms Denning. Where does the Irish language feature in the review of the organisational capability of the Courts Service? Given the commitments under law, where does it feature in any of the briefing papers or the opening statement?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: I can read all of that information. What I am trying to get at is that we have serious obligations under the Constitution as Irish is the first language. There are pieces of legislation in place and a new piece is coming down the road, an amended languages Bill, that will place an obligation on all new recruits to a figure of 20%. As an organisation, has the Courts Service discussed that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: I want to make a point about the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. Again, the delay is not the fault of the Courts Service, but parts of the Act are still not fully operational. What is the current position in that regard? Perhaps Ms Denning might be able to tell us how many have been made wards of court since the Act was passed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: If Ms Denning will allow me to put my questions, I will then stop and allow other members in. How many have been made wards of court since the Act was passed? On the handing in of driving licences, I understand there is a distinction and a different mechanism for persons caught speeding and those caught drink driving. Is there a difference where a person is caught drink driving,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: I ask Ms Denning to clarify the matter as best she can.