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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: Part of my reason for asking was to ensure gardaí would not be tied up in court.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: If full centralisation had proceeded, would there have been a difference in the time spent by gardaí in court?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: A fund of some €1.3 billion is managed by the Courts Service in respect of wards of court. Will Mr. Ryan explain the role of the service in managing these funds?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: Let me ask Mr. Ryan about the source of the funds. Do they all derive from awards made to individuals by the courts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: These funds serve people who cannot look after themselves, for some reason.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: Those involved could vary from minors to seniors suffering from dementia and the like.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: Can the funds run out and, if so, what happens then?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: Do the families of the people concerned have any input or is it left entirely up to the Courts Service?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: My last question relates to the poor box. I understand that since 2011 judges have lost the power to use the poor box in certain cases. To which cases does this apply and how is poor box money used? How much is collected under the poor box scheme and who manages the fund?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: For what is it used?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: What type of penalty?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: It seems rather strange if judges have lost the power to use the poor box in certain cases but are still doing so. Presumably, they are supposed to operate within the law, like the rest of us.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: I welcome Mr. Ryan and apologise for the major delay he and his colleagues had to endure. What is the running of the Court of Appeal likely to cost the State and how is the Courts Service preparing for it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: Has the service been given sufficient funding to cover the new expenses?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: Moving on to the investment and divestment programme, I understand a number of courthouses throughout the country have been closed and that a number are being refurbished. Will Mr. Ryan explain why plans to close four courthouses in the Dublin area, namely, in Tallaght, Balbriggan, Swords and Dún Laoghaire, were abandoned?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: Would there have been enough space to do so?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: Would it have had an impact on an Garda Síochána in the provision of back-up support?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: In other words, the maintenance of these extra four courts does have implications for the Garda and other services?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: To clarify, the Garda was opposed to the closures.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: I formally congratulate my friend, colleague and former neighbour, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, on his appointment as Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection. It is apt that he has this role because he has experience of unemployment. His life experience makes him particularly well suited to the role he is playing. I am glad he has responsibility for job activation because we...