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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 5 Apr 2000

Vol. 517 No. 4

Written Answers. - Court Statistics.

Martin Brady

Question:

243 Mr. M. Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts referred to each taxing master for each of the years from 1985 to date in bills of cost against the Chief State Solicitor's office; and the amounts deducted, certified and the percentages deducted in bills of cost against the office for the same period. [10119/00]

I am informed by the Courts Service that statistics are not compiled in the format requested by the Deputy and could only be obtained by the examination of each individual court record for the period concerned. This would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time at the expense of the operation of the Chief State Solicitor's Office and the Taxing Masters' Office.

Martin Brady

Question:

244 Mr. M. Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts referred to each taxing master for each of the years from 1985 to date in bills of cost; and the amounts deducted, certified and the percentages deducted in bills of cost for the same period. [10120/00]

I am informed by the Courts Service that the information requested is as follows:

Taxing Master De Valera

Year

Amount Claimed £

Deductions £

Amount Certified £

Taxed Off %

1985-86

1,536,120.29

328,366.58

1,207,753.71

21.37

1986-87

2,266,906.12

366,765.53

1,900,140.59

16.18

1987-88

1,519,262.69

242,711.78

1,276,550.91

15.98

1988-89

2,011,520.47

383,083.66

1,628,437.21

19.04

1989-90

6,164,606.67

2,261,364.07

3,903,242.60

36.68

1990-91

2,983,876.87

1,036,136.85

1,947,740.02

35

1991-92

2,294,444.33

476,373.21

1,818,071.12

21

Taxing Master Bell

Year

Amount Claimed £

Deductions £

Amount Certified £

Taxed Off %

1985-86

5,414,325.21

1,763,486.93

3,650,838.28

32.6

1986-87

4,014,704.89

1,016,947.89

2,998,757.00

25.33

1987-88

3,388,655.94

996,818.07

2,391,837.87

29.42

1988-89

4,178,371.95

1,186,673.82

2,991,698.13

28.4

1989-90*

2,592,533.35

636,292.65

1,956,240.70

24.54

*Shared office with Taxing Master O'Connor
Taxing Master O'Connor

Year

Amount Claimed £

Deductions £

Amount Certified £

Taxed Off %

1989-90*

2,592,533.35

636,292.65

1,956,240.70

24.54

1990-91

5,844,744.61

1,673,900.27

4,170,844.34

29

1991-92

5,406,037.34

1,378,389.68

4,027,647.66

25.5

1992-93

5,684,081.16

1,146,728.01

4,537,353.15

20

1993-94

2,505,858.51

480,252.51

2,025,606.00

19

1994-95

2,151,212.79

315,861.72

1,835,351.07

14.6

1995-96

2,039,554.07

327,151.17

1,712,402.90

16.04

*Shared office with Taxing Master Bell
Taxing Master Flynn

Year

Amount Claimed £

Deductions £

Amount Certified £

Taxed Off %

1992-93

3,999,370.61

700,954.29

3,298,416.32

17.5

1993-94

7,797,336.89

954,062.45

6,843,274.44

12

1994-95

8,054,651.79

1,358,033.90

6,696,617.89

16.8

1995-96

6,538,837.06

1,010,531.45

5,528,305.61

15.5

1996-97

6,253,050.26

1,271,166.96

4,981,883.30

20.3

1997-98

16,625,209.20

4,148,063.54

12,477,145.66

24.9

1998-99

14,762,588.99

3,187,346.20

11,575,242.79

21.5

1999-2000*

12,973,171.39

3,054,880.76

9,918,290.63

23.5

*1 August, 1999-31 March, 2000
Taxing Master Moran

Year

Amount Claimed £

Deductions £

Amount Certified £

Taxed Off %

1996-97

3,143,350.74

847,887,95

2,295.462.79

26.9

1997-98

5,062,844.47

1,341,564.26

3,721,280.21

26.4

1998-99

5,420,770.90

1,610,564.35

3,810,206.55

29.7

1999-2000*

4,541,383.01

1,353,689.55

3,187,693,46

29.8

*1 August, 1999-31 March, 2000
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