asked the Minister for Justice the number of occasions on which an employer applied to the courts for an injunction to prevent picketing during 1976 and 1977; and the number of occasions on which these applications were upheld.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Picketing Injunctions.
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The information sought by the Deputy is not available from existing court statistics and could be complied only by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time. I can say, however, that interim injunctions to prevent picketing were granted by the High Court in 22 cases during 1976 and in 23 cases in 1977 up to a recent date. I can also say that, in each of the years referred to, there would have been a number of occasions on which applications for such injunctions were refused.