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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 11 Apr 1935

Vol. 55 No. 17

Written Answers. - Circuit Court Statistics.

asked the Minister for Justice if he will furnish a return of the number of days on which the Circuit Court judge sat in each county during each of the years 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934.

Following is the return:—

1929-1930.

Circuit No.

County

No. of days on which Circuit Court Judge sat in each County from Michaelmas, 1929, to Trinity, 1930 (inclusive)

Total No. of days for entire Circuit

1.

Dublin City and County

45

days

*160

,,

*179

,,

432

*48

,,

2.

Cork City and County

146

,,

146

3.

Donegal

10

,,

*37

,,

Leitrim

27

,,

186

Cavan

58

,,

Monaghan

54

,,

4.

Galway

106

,,

Mayo

68

,,

174

5.

Sligo

39

,,

Roscommon

60

,,

Westmeath

35

,,

8

,,

219

Leix

*9

,,

*11

,,

Offaly

27

,,

Longford

30

,,

6.

Louth

49

,,

Meath

28

,,

Kildare

29

,,

157

Wicklow

26

,,

Wexford

25

,,

7.

Kerry

46

,,

Limerick

61

,,

127

Clare

20

,,

8.

Tipperary

46

,,

Kilkenny

12

,,

96

Waterford

26

,,

Carlow

12

,,

* Sitting held by Assistant Judges.

1930-1931.

Circuit No.

County

No. of days on which Circuit Court Judge sat in each County from Michaelmas, 1930, to Trinity, 1931 (inclusive)

Total No. of days for entire Circuit

1.

Dublin City and County

85

days

*154

,,

*146

,,

406

*2

,,

*19

,,

2.

Cork City and County

128

,,

128

3.

Cavan

57

,,

Donegal

100

,,

Leitrim

24

,,

242

Monaghan

61

,,

4.

Galway

93

,,

Mayo

58

,,

151

5.

Leix

12

,,

*6

,,

Longford

12

,,

*13

,,

Offaly

20

,,

*5

,,

Roscommon

39

,,

*8

,,

201

Sligo

27

,,

*29

,,

Westmeath

25

,,

*5

,,

6.

Kildare

28

,,

Louth

44

,,

Meath

29

,,

148

Wexford

24

,,

Wicklow

23

,,

7.

Clare

22

,,

Kerry

40

,,

127

Limerick

65

,,

8.

Carlow

12

,,

Kilkenny

13

,,

Tipperary

52

,,

107

Waterford

30

,,

* Sitting held by Assistant Judges.

1931-32

Circuit No.

County

No. of days on which Circuit Court Judge sat in each County from Michaelmas, 1931, to Trinity, 1932 (inclusive)

Total No. of days for entire Circuit

1.

Dublin City and County

163

days

*174

,,

379

*42

,,

2.

Cork City and County

146

,,

146

3.

Cavan

54

,,

Donegal

65

,,

Leitrim

23

,,

194

Monaghan

52

,,

4.

Galway

83

,,

Mayo

50

,,

133

5.

Leix

17

,,

Longford

23

,,

*5

,,

Offaly

20

,,

*7

,,

207

Roscommon

45

,,

Sligo

8

,,

*53

,,

Westmeath

22

,,

*7

,,

6.

Kildare

27

,,

Louth

39

,,

Meath

25

,,

140

Wexford

26

,,

Wicklow

23

,,

7.

Clare

24

,,

Kerry

37

,,

111

Limerick

50

,,

8.

Carlow

10

,,

Kilkenny

13

,,

Tipperary

50

,,

100

Waterford

27

,,

* Sitting held by Assistant Judges.

1932-1933.

Circuit No.

County

No. of days on which Circuit Court Judge sat in each County from Michaelmas, 1932, to Trinity, 1933 (inclusive)

Total No. of days for entire Circuit

1.

Dublin City and County

176

days

*163

,,

371

*32

,,

2.

Cork City and County

153

,,

153

3.

Cavan

46

,,

Donegal

58

,,

Leitrim

26

,,

178

Monaghan

48

,,

4.

Galway

85

,,

Mayo

42

,,

127

5.

Leix

16

,,

Longford

23

,,

Offaly

20

,,

170

Roscommon

40

,,

Sligo

46

,,

Westmeath

25

,,

6.

Kildare

26

,,

Louth

35

,,

Meath

26

,,

134

Wexford

24

,,

Wicklow

23

,,

7.

Clare

23

,,

Kerry

46

,,

119

Limerick

50

,,

8.

Carlow

8

,,

Kilkenny

13

,,

102

Tipperary

52

,,

Waterford

29

,,

* Sittings held by Assistant Judges.

33-1934

Circuit No.

County

No. of days on which Circuit Court Judge sat in each County from Michaelmas, 1933, to Trinity, 1934 (inclusive)

Total No. of days for entire Circuit

1.

Dublin City and County

170

days

*147

,,

350

*33

,,

2.

Cork City and County

160

,,

160

3.

Cavan

50

,,

Donegal

59

,,

186

Leitrim

30

,,

Monaghan

47

,,

4.

Galway

59

,,

*25

,,

Mayo

26

,,

142

*32

,,

5.

Leix

9

,,

*13

,,

Longford

20

,,

*11

,,

Offaly

24

,,

194

Roscommon

16

,,

*25

,,

Sligo

51

,,

Westmeath

9

,,

*16

,,

6.

Kildare

28

,,

Louth

37

,,

Meath

25

,,

144

Wexford

28

,,

Wicklow

26

,,

7.

Clare

31

,,

Kerry

49

,,

130

Limerick

50

,,

8.

Carlow

10

,,

Kilkenny

13

,,

97

Tipperary

46

,,

Waterford

28

,,

* Sittings held by Assistant Judges.

asked the Minister for Justice if he will furnish returns similar to those published as appendices 2, 3 and 3 (a) to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, but covering the period from Michaelmas Sittings, 1929, to Michaelmas Sittings, 1934 (or to latest date for which such figures are available).

Following are the returns:

CIRCUIT COURT.

A Return of the number of New Cases entered, the total number of Cases dealt with which would have been within the jurisdiction of the District Court and the total number of Jury Cases disposed of from Michaelmas Sittings, 1929, to Trinity Sittings, 1934 (inclusive).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Circuit No.

Criminal Cases

Criminal Appeals and Valuation Appeals

Ordinary Civil Bills and Remitted Actions

Equity

Workmen's Compensation

Malicious Injury Claims

Damage to Property Cases

Civil Bill Appeals from District Court

Ejectment and Rent Cases

Town Tenants and Landlord and Tenant Act Cases

Total

Total No. of Cases dealt with in the Circuit Court which were within the jurisdiction of the District Court

Jury Cases

1

1,495

525

8,516

1,100

902

307

105

512

4,185

31

17,678

2,131

40

2

362

369

2,753

329

376

137

470

244

574

9

5,623

498

21

3

297

233

3,231

1,612

239

246

217

472

251

8

6,806

469

35

4

262

174

3,077

711

235

203

567

287

264

31

5,811

109

15

5

262

187

5,128

779

428

236

723

353

368

16

8,480

1,712

26

6

380

218

4,100

692

814

247

321

256

370

16

7,414

32

45

7

363

320

4,206

647

581

420

1,024

340

504

8

8,413

255

30

8

250

104

7,291

436

580

227

487

211

359

20

9,965

3,413

8

CIRCUIT COURT.

A Return of the Number of Ordinary Civil Bills and Remitted Actions set out in Column 3 of Return A, divided into groups according to the amount claimed.

Circuit No.

Counties Comprised

£50 and under

Over £50 and up to £100

Over £100 and up to £150

Over £150 and up to £200

Over £200 and up to £250

Over £250 and up to £300

Over£300

1

Dublin City and County

5,246

1,504

349

195

157

1,052

13

2

Cork City and County

1,688

543

167

97

41

202

15

3

Cavan

834

175

36

28

6

50

2

Donegal

603

161

50

25

13

99

1

Leitrim

303

61

17

5

7

30

1

Monaghan

451

151

32

24

8

56

2

Total for Circuit No. 3

2,191

548

135

82

34

235

6

4

Galway

1,186

332

100

62

23

66

3

Mayo

842

270

58

30

17

84

4

Total for Circuit No. 4

2,028

602

158

92

40

150

7

5

Leix

383

153

32

9

7

28

Longford

926

90

10

7

4

25

Offaly

718

116

20

9

4

18

1

Roscommon

529

180

48

16

14

49

4

Sligo

611

129

32

16

9

44

Westmeath

690

118

38

12

9

20

Total for Circuit No. 5.

3,857

786

180

69

47

184

5

6

Kildare

452

135

23

15

8

45

1

Louth

458

170

45

27

7

74

3

Meath

667

168

33

26

14

35

3

Wexford

544

186

57

32

8

43

3

Wicklow

597

129

33

17

7

34

1

Total for Circuit No. 6

2,718

788

191

117

44

231

11

7

Clare

542

178

41

15

14

24

3

Kerry

865

344

87

52

19

49

5

Limerick

1,134

509

158

63

40

50

14

Total for Circuit No. 7

2,541

1,031

286

130

73

123

22

8

Carlow

674

50

5

1

11

Kilkenny

1,386

143

35

22

3

21

Tipperary

3,084

344

105

57

21

70

4

Waterford

940

175

66

21

12

32

9

Total for Circuit No. 8

6,084

712

211

100

37

134

13

Total for Circuits Nos. 1 to 8

26,353

6,514

1,677

822

473

2,311

92

CIRCUIT COURT.

A Return of the Defended Actions in Contract and Tort (see Col. 3, Return A), where amount recovered was:—

Circuit No.

Over £100, but under £200

Over £200, but under £300

Over £300

1

102

27

7

2

49

23

3

3

55

10

1

4

58

15

5

122

94

6

51

30

5

7

104

27

6

8

140

90

3

TOTALS

681

316

25

asked the Minister for Justice if he will furnish a return similar to that published as appendix 4 to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, so as to bring the detailed information contained in appendix 4 up to date of 1st January, 1935.

Following is the return:

APPEALS FROM CIRCUIT COURT.

1.

Total number of Circuit Court Appeals entered for hearing, from the 31st December, 1929, to the 1st January, 1935. (Including Notices of Motion preceding Appeal, but not including Appeals awaiting hearing and entered prior to 1st January, 1930)

1,137

2.

(a) Number of Appeals heard (including those withdrawn or struck out)

1,258

(b) Number remaining to be heard on the 1st January, 1935

152

3.

Classification, as follows, of cases disposed of:—

(a) Original decision affirmed

540

(b) Original decision reversed, varied or remitted

306

(c) Withdrawn or struck out

412

TOTAL

1,258

4.

Classification of the Appeals according to the various Circuits from which they came:—

No. 1. Dublin City & County

175

No. 2. Cork City and County

112

No. 3. Northern

147

No. 4. Western

170

No. 5. Midland

135

No. 6. Eastern

79

No. 7. South Western

153

No.8. Southern

134

5.

Number of Cases in which, since the 1st January, 1930, additional evidence was admitted by the Appeal Judges by virtue of the powers conferred by the Courts of Justice Act, 1928 (About)

35

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