Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil bills for possession, recovery of possession of any land on foot of a legal mortgage or charge, as opposed to well-charging relief, issued in the Circuit Court in 2014, broken down by county in tabular form. [11920/15]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil bills for possession, recovery of possession of any land on foot of a legal mortgage or charge, as opposed to well-charging relief, still before the Circuit Court as of 31 December 2014, broken down by county in tabular form. [11921/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 502 and 503 together.

The Deputy will be aware that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of information on the courts system.

However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that the information sought by the Deputy can only be retrieved by way of a manual examination of each individual court record. As I am sure the Deputy will appreciate, this would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources which cannot be justified.