Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 June 2003

European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage.

 

This remedy is not available in the District Court, but there are reasons for that. The District Court is charged with dispensing summary civil and criminal justice, which it does, and it has a considerable volume of work to do. Convention-based cases, by their nature, are complex and require considerable attention. As Senators will know, the District Court does not have jurisdiction in equity or defamation cases, injunctions or applications for judicial review, principally because these cases require a huge investment of time to process properly.

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