Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to progress the role of an institute (details supplied) in assisting the professional development of the Judiciary; the funding provided for the institute for each year for the past five years and for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40051/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will appreciate that it is for the Judicial Studies Institute itself to plan, organise and manage its business. My function as Minister under the Courts and Courts Officers Act 1995 is, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, to provide funds for the training and education of judges. The aim of the Institute is to facilitate the continuing education of judges in relation to all aspects of the judicial function. The Institute operates on a non-statutory basis at present. I am providing, in the context of my proposals for the Judicial Council Bill referred in the Government Legislation Programme, for establishment of the Institute on a statutory basis.

The budget allocated to the Institute from 2004 to 2009 is as follows: