Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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1350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the report and financial statements of the Office of the Accountant of the Courts of Justice for the year ended 30 September 2020, of the 2,751 Wards of Court referred to in the report, the number who are minors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39650/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The High Court has jurisdiction in wards of court matters and management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions under the Courts Service Act 1998. 

However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made with the Courts Service who have provided the following update.

Of the 2,751 Wards of Court referred to in the report from the Office of the Accountant of the Courts of Justice for the year ended 30 September 2020, I am advised that 155 are ward minors.