Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the funds from the court poor box should be disbursed by the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursement Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23187/04]

Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to transfer the disbursement of funds from the court poor box from the Judiciary to a Government Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23188/04]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 408 and 409 together.

The Law Reform Commission published a consultation paper in March 2004 with regard to this matter. In the paper, the commission put forward a number of provisional recommendations as to how the court poor box system might be reformed. I understand that the commission invited submissions from interested parties by 30 September 2004 and that the commission will publish a report containing its final recommendations when the consultation process is complete. I will await the commission's final recommendations before deciding on how the court poor box system should be reformed.