Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to commence section 30 of the Civil Liability Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26695/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Section 30 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 provides that the Courts Service shall set up and maintain a register of personal injuries actions. The Courts Service has advised that to establish and maintain such a register for all court jurisdictions, accessible by members of the public, requires the development of an appropriate IT support system and I am informed that there is no IT support system in place at present. The Courts Service is being requested to examine the requirements, including system development and resource issues, needed to enable the commencement of Section 30 of Civil Liability and Courts 2004 Act as soon as possible.

The Courts Service currently publishes in their Annual Report statistics on incoming personal injury cases, personal injury cases resolved by court and out of court and provides data on the financial categories of awards granted.