Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 16 February 2010, if the chief executive of the Courts Service is accountable to him; if the chief executive of the Courts Service or any other body, group or agency are accountable to anybody for expenditure from Vote 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9041/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As I informed the Deputy in reply to Question No. 314 of 16 February 2010, the Courts Service operates under its own Vote. The Vote, in common with all other votes in relation to State authorities, is approved annually by this House. The functions and responsibilities of the Chief Executive Officer, which include attendance before an Oireachtas Committee, are laid out in the Courts Service Act 1998.