asked the Minister for Justice if he will state in respect of each county in the State how many applications for grants of representation to the estates of persons, who had a fixed place of abode in such county, were made by the applicants in person to the Probate Office or to a District Probate Registry, in respect of each of the three years 1963, 1964 and 1965.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Grants of Representation.
29.
Mr. Barrett
The answer is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
NUMBER of applications for grants of representation to estates made in person to Probate Registries including those made through Officers of Customs and Excise.
Applications in Principal Probate Registry.
|
Judicial Year |
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|
1962-63 |
1963-64 |
1964-65 |
|
|
Number of personal applications |
418 |
376 |
361 |
|
Number of applications through Officers of Customs and Excise |
73 |
72 |
80 |
NOTE: In the case of the Principal Probate Registry, the available statistics do not specify the county of abode of the deceased person, and this information could not be provided without a considerable amount of clerical effort.
Applications in District Registries
|
County of abode of deceased person |
Number of personal applications in each of the calendar years |
Number of applications through Officers of Customs and Excise in each of the calendar years |
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|
1963 |
1964 |
1965 |
1963 |
1964 |
1965 |
|
|
Carlow |
— |
— |
1 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
|
Cavan |
6 |
7 |
13 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Clare |
4 |
5 |
— |
5 |
1 |
— |
|
Cork |
56 |
50 |
30 |
42 |
54 |
37 |
|
Kerry |
— |
— |
— |
4 |
7 |
4 |
|
Kilkenny |
— |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Laois |
— |
— |
— |
8 |
10 |
5 |
|
Leitrim |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Limerick |
15 |
14 |
13 |
— |
2 |
— |
|
Longford |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Mayo |
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
— |
1 |
|
Sligo |
— |
— |
— |
9 |
5 |
5 |
|
Tipperary |
2 |
5 |
— |
13 |
11 |
12 |
|
Waterford |
4 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
|
Wexford |
1 |
— |
1 |
8 |
3 |
10 |
NOTE: The following counties are not served by District Probate Registries:—Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Westmeath and Wicklow.