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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-11-23/15/
23 Nov 1977 - man is not fit to practise medicine and that his name should be removed from the register the High Court...If the Medical Council want to suspend a man for a period the High Court, on confirming that the decision...I do not see how that is not an offence; I do not see how the High Court is not competent to make those...own Bill which purport to give to the High Court the power to confirm or cancel decisions of the Medical...In the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960, the Minister saw fit to give to the courts power to prevent
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-20/18/
20 Apr 1977 - , Circuit Court or District Court, and I fully accept that being displeased with decisions is not a sufficent...We have some temporary Circuit Court judges at present and as far as I can see from the Minister's speech...there is no limit to the number of Circuit Court judges who can be appointed provided it appears to...The Bill was not necessary from that point of view....tell us why he does not seek this power which basically I have invited him to seek in relation to this Bill
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1977-05-04/9/
4 May 1977 - efficiency or expedition in dealing with cases is to increase the number of judges, as is suggested in the Bill...more in the District Court....criminal side as well is getting out of hand, unless this practical expedient, as is suggested in this Bill...Every effort should be made— and there is part of it in the Bill—to cut down the two or three year lag...It boils down to another question which I know is not strictly within the purview of the Bill—I mention
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1978-11-22/11/
22 Nov 1978 - particular sports or games shall not be a ground on which a rating authority or a Justice of the District Court...letter from Bantry Credit Union which read: Arising out of the Local Government Financial Provisions Bill...In 1977 they qualified for a 25 per cent remission....In 1977 every hereditament qualified for a 25 per cent remission.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-11-28/21/
28 Nov 1995 - In 1988-89 a total of 9,839 civil bills were processed through the Dublin Circuit Court office....The Bill amends the 1977 Courts Act by increasing the number of permanently assigned Circuit Court judges...and Courts Officers Bill would contain measures to deal with the need to tackle the backlog of cases...By removing section 29 providing for the courts commission, the Minister has emaciated the 1994 Bill...If there are no court facilities for additional judges, this Bill, with its inadequate measures, would
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-03-30/4/
30 Mar 1977 - Kitt I support what has been said already on this Bill....Can I take it that under this Bill the courts will not grant two consecutive occasional licences for...out, in some areas the court granted two consecutive occasional licences where the event went on longer...If the event went on longer than a week, would the court grant two consecutive occasional licences for...There should be a Bill dealing with this problem.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1978-05-03/9/
3 May 1978 - Molony It is column 979 of the Official Dáil Report of 7 December 1977....This Bill does nothing of the sort; it is farce in that respect....The Minister said that he had considered the introduction of this Bill before but had decided that it...In effect, there is no difficulty in getting around the provisions of this Bill....consequences to it that will cost a lot of people money through consulting with lawyers or going to the court
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-20/4/
20 Apr 1977 - O'Kennedy From the Minister's speech and from this brief Bill itself, it is clear that the net effect...To summarise, this Bill enables the Government to appoint one extra judge....The public must get the best service at the lowest cost and I do not think this Bill goes far enough...It can be reasonably argued that this Bill goes further than we ever went in our time....I question whether this Bill goes even a small way towards providing those answers.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-20/4/
20 Apr 1977 - The minor offences with which the district courts are crowded lead up to an alienation of the local people...I agree with Deputy Toal when he spoke of the many cases going to court that should not go at all but...If the Labour Court can have rights commissioners I do not see why the ordinary courts could not have...I want to allow the lawyers their field day on this Bill....The Bill does little other than make permanent some temporary appointments.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-11-23/15/
23 Nov 1977 - In 1973 when the Bill was passed it was not envisaged that medical practitioners could be registered...was not to prescribe drugs for addicts or that he was not to have addicts as patients, and the High Court...Is it not ridiculous that though the High Court and the Medical Council had decided that a man should...acceptance would mean that a person struck off by his colleagues on the Medical Council and by the High Court...If the Bill is allowed to be passed as it stands we will have a situation where the Medical Council's
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-20/18/
20 Apr 1977 - I also believe that night courts should be set up to deal with young vandals....That is why I urge the Minister to introduce night courts....If the defendant does not show up in court, the bailsman will then have to pay and forfeit the £40....If he had to put his hand in his pocket immediately the court sets the bail, he might think twice about...I realise the Leas-Cheann Comhairle is about to tell me I am straying from the Bill but I ask him not
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-20/4/
20 Apr 1977 - This Bill has been introduced as a measure for dealing more effectively and speedily with the backlog...Deputy O'Kennedy referred to the number of civil cases listed for hearing in the Dublin Circuit Court...I have always considered that malicious injuries cases should not be brought inside a court at all....the practice whereby a number of prison wardens arrive in a town in which the court is sitting....I want to finish on a point that is very material to the Bill, which is designed to appoint a number
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-20/18/
20 Apr 1977 - If the Minister could say that we will have less lawlessness following the passing of this Bill, then...We discussed another Bill in this House over a long period and got it through....The Minister said that section 1 of this Bill was very important but the Bill also contains certain changes...in existing provisions regarding the assignment of Circuit Court judges....The situation may be that the Circuit Court judge wants the transfer himself.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-05-18/21/
18 May 2004 - breaches under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions of 1977...Section 58 of the Bill implements this provision in an Irish context....This is reflected in the Bill in that, although the Irish High Court, in considering a request for surrender...At each stage in the arrest and surrender process established in Part 3 of the Bill, there is a brake...The Bill is in six Parts and has three Schedules.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-03-30/4/
30 Mar 1977 - This Bill is welcome....His decision was upheld later by the High Court....The Bill has the approval of everyone in the House....This Bill goes some of the way.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-05-05/3/
5 May 1977 - An Ceann Comhairle Seanad Éireann has passed the Courts Bill, 1977, without amendment.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-21/3/
21 Apr 1977 - Cooney) The main purpose of the Bill is, as I indicated in my opening speech, to provide for two extra...I took advantage of the Bill to regularise the position with regard to temporary members of the Circuit...and District Courts....On the subject of the pretrial process, the pleadings process, I should tell the House there is a Bill...I hope the Bill will give power to agree professional reports because this will remedy a difficulty Deputy
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-21/3/
21 Apr 1977 - The Bill is recognising the reality of the situation and is making those men permanent....Deputy O'Kennedy raised the question of arrears in the Circuit Court....I have dealt with the question of arrears in the High Court....The arrears situation in the High Court was becoming serious in relation to jury actions; there is no...I hope the remedial measures proposed in the Bill will be successful this time as they were the last
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-21/3/
21 Apr 1977 - Power I will give the ordinary person's point of view in relation to this Bill and I hope it will be...taken as a reflection of what the ordinary people feel about the courts....Deputy Briscoe referred to the delay in bringing people before the courts....In effect the Bill provides for the appointment of one extra judge and for the permanent appointment...It is a measure that might be regarded as the last parting shot of the Coalition, a Bill to round off
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-11-23/15/
23 Nov 1977 - The simple way to protect the interests of the public would be to give the High Court power to suspend...Council can suspend a doctor from their register but they cannot stop him practising, even when the High Court...It is a ridiculous situation in 1977, when the Minister is being reported in the newspapers every day
