Written answers

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Court Procedures

5:00 pm

Photo of Brian O'SheaBrian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take arising from a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19852/10]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will appreciate that the effect of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court is that the State does not have a constitutional obligation to make available a simultaneous translation into Irish of all Rules of Court. However, it is obliged to make such Rules available in Irish as soon as practicable after their publication in English. My Department has already made substantial progress with translation of Rules of Court. It published an Irish translation of the 1,200 page District Court Rules, 1997, in December 2004. It has also published an Irish translation of approximately 30 amendments to those Rules. These translations are available on the Courts Service website, www.courts.ie.

Earlier this year my Department published an Irish translation of the Circuit Court Rules, 2001. It has also translated all but a couple of the amendments made to those Rules up to early 2009. The translation of both the Rules and 4 of those amendments have been provided to the Courts Service for publication on its website and the translation of the remaining amendments will be published in succession over the coming weeks.

My Department has also translated the Rules of the Superior Courts, 1986, and is preparing these Rules for publication. It also commenced translating amendments to these Rules earlier this year and the first of those translations will be published shortly. When published, my Department will have published an Irish translation of all the main bodies of Rules of Court.

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