Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce community courts in Cork. [17011/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that I have recently undertaken to consider the issue of Community Courts in Ireland. I envisage an initial project operating on a pilot basis where stakeholders will engage in partnership, in conjunction with the local business community. It will be important to learn from international experience, and I have asked for preparations to be made for a pilot in the Dublin city centre area to evaluate how the Community Court model will work in the Irish context. There are no plans to introduce Community Courts more widely pending the establishment and evaluation of the pilot.