Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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1070. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if S.I. No. 17/2014 - District Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2014 has been implemented; the reason for the delay of its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37247/23]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that the District Court Rules Committee has recently made, with my concurrence as Minister for Justice, Statutory Instrument No. 418 of 2023, cited as the District Court (Costs) Rules 2023 which came into operation on 25 August 2023.

As Minister for Justice, I have no responsibility for the operation of Court Rules once made, that is a matter for the Courts. The Constitution provides that justice shall be administered in Courts by judges and that judges shall be independent in the exercise of their judicial functions. The Courts, under the Constitution are independent of the Government and the Oireachtas.