Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judgment mortgages applied for and granted in each year from 2010 to 2015; the total value of such judgment mortgages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13436/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, 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, I have had inquiries made and the information sought by the Deputy is set out in the tables.

Circuit and District Court

(a) Data in relation to the value of Judgement Mortgages granted/issued is not recorded for statistical purposes.

(b) Data in relation to the number of Judgment Mortgage affidavits lodged, following a review of data collected, is no longer recorded since January 2014.

(c) Collation of data in relation to Judgement Mortgages granted/issued commenced in January 2014 in respect of the District Court.

High Court

(a) The statistics refer to all valid applications dealt with in the High Court. There are no statistics maintained regarding invalid applications.

(b) Data in relation to the value of Judgement Mortgages granted/issued is not recorded for statistical purposes.