asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications in each of the past ten years to the District Court claiming relief under the following Acts: (1) Married Women (Maintenance In Case of Desertion Act, 1886; (2) Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976; (3) Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981; and (4) Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964.
Written Answers. - Family Law.
127.
Limerick East): In so far as the information is available, it is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose to circulate in the Official Report. The following is the statement:
|
Year ended 31 July |
Number of applications for original Maintenance Orders or for variation of existing Maintenance Orders under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 |
Number of applications the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 |
Number of Number of applications for Protection Orders under the Family Law Protection of Spouces and Children) Act, 1981 |
Number of applications under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 |
|
1979 |
1,935 |
1,493 |
— |
— |
|
1980 |
2,121 |
1,917 |
— |
— |
|
1981 |
2,708 |
2,225 |
— |
— |
|
1982 |
2,433 |
2,428 |
56 (in the Dublin Metropolitan District) |
Nil |
Notes:
The information sought in respect of applications under the Married Women (Maintenance in Case of Desertion) Act, 1886 is not available because separate statistics relating to such applications were not compiled in the District Court. That Act was repealed by the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976, which came into operation on 6 May 1976.
Annual statistics in respect of maintenance and barring applications have been kept only since the year which commenced on 1 August 1978.
The figures for applications made to the Provincial District Courts for Protection Orders under the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981, during the year ended 31 July 1982, are not yet available. The information will be supplied to the Deputy as soon as possible.
The District Court did not have jurisdiction under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964, until the commencement of the Courts Act, 1981, on 12 May 1982.
128.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to the Circuit Court since May 1982 in which relief has been claimed under the following Acts: (1) Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964; (2) Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981; and (3) Married Women (Status) Act, 1957.
Limerick East): The statistics sought are being compiled and I will forward them to the Deputy as soon as they are available.
129.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of petitions claiming divorce presented to the High Court in each of the past ten years.
Limerick East): The answer is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
The following is the statement:
|
Year |
Number of High Court Petitions for divorce a mensa et thoro |
|
1973 |
26 |
|
1974 |
51 |
|
1975 |
43 |
|
1976 |
37 |
|
1977 |
29 |
|
1978 |
39 |
|
1979 |
34 |
|
1980 |
27 |
|
1981 |
25 |
|
1982 |
20 |
130.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of summonses issued in the High Court in each of the past ten years claiming relief under any one or combination of the following Acts: (1) Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964; (2) Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976; (3) Married Women (Status) Act, 1957; (4) Family Home Protection Act, 1976; (5) Partition Acts, 1542 to 1876; (6) Guardianship of Infants Act, 1886; (7) Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981; and (8) Married Women (Maintenance in Case of Desertion) Act, 1966.
Limerick East): The answer is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.
The statement is as follows:
Number of summonses issued in the High Court in each of the ten years, 1973 to 1982 inclusive, seeking relief under any one or a combination of the Acts referred to in the headings.
|
Heading |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
|
The Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 |
28 |
69 |
107 |
86 |
182 |
211 |
285 |
384 |
505 |
169 |
|
The Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
148 |
196 |
263 |
370 |
428 |
165 |
|
The Married Women (Status) Act, 1957¹ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
114 |
151 |
238 |
269 |
148 |
|
The Family Home Protection Act, 1976² |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
83 |
121 |
242 |
341 |
139 |
|
The Partition Acts, 1542 to 1876³ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
75 |
61 |
|
The Guardianship of Infants Act, 1886 4 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
The Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981 5 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
21 |
27 |
|
The Married Women (Maintenance in case of Desertion) Act, 1886 6 |
4 |
6 |
32 |
50 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Notes:
¹Figures have been maintained separately only since 1978.
²Figures have been maintained separately only since 1978.
³Figures have been maintained separately only for the last two years.
4 This Act was repealed by the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964
5 In force since 1981.
6 This Act was replaced by the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976.
Figures for the year 1977 onwards would, therefore, relate only to the letter Act.
General Note:
A summons may be issued seeking relief under any one or a combination of the Acts referred to above. The statistics are not compiled in such a way as would enable the identification of this element of "duplication" without the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time.