Seanad debates
Tuesday, 17 December 2002
Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages.
What is at issue in this legislation and in the Supreme Court decision is the service of proceedings. It is common in civil proceedings for proceedings to be taken by one side and to obtain an order ex parte and the court always insists that the proceedings should be served as quickly as possible on the other side. Under the legislation I envisage a similar practice developing where the court will advise the applicant to serve his or her papers as soon as possible and, in the event of renewal of the order, he or she should be present at a sitting of the court within X number of working days.
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