Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repossession orders that were made for County Meath properties in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011 in tabular form per property type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20846/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The management and administration of the courts including responsibility for maintaining court statistics is a matter for the Courts Service. I take it the Deputy is enquiring about possession suits which include all cases in which a plaintiff seeks possession of lands and/or premises. These can be granted by the Circuit Court sitting locally or the High Court which has full jurisdiction.

The Courts Service has furnished details of possession orders granted by Trim Circuit Court for the period from 2008 to the end of March 2011 as set out in the table below. The figures for 2007 are not available.

The Courts Service has further advised that the statistics maintained in relation to possession orders issued by the High Court are not maintained by reference to property type or by county and it would require a disproportionate amount of staff time which cannot be justified in current circumstances.

However, for the information of the Deputy, the table below sets out the High Court statistics for possession orders in respect of the entire country in the period from 2007 to the end of March 2011.