Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent)
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160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years of age that have been brought before District Courts in County Kerry in 2015. [1097/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions, which include 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 their records indicate that 43 persons under 18 years of age were brought before District Courts in County Kerry in 2015. The Courts Service has further advised that in the event that a person's date of birth was not recorded on the Courts Service system, then those individuals are not included in this figure.