Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 4 Jun 1935

Vol. 56 No. 17

Written Answers. - Court Returns.

Mr. McGilligan

asked the Minister for Justice if he will furnish (a) a return similar to that published as Appendix 2 to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, covering the period from Michaelmas Sittings, 1932, to Trinity Sittings, 1933, and (b) a similar return covering the period Michaelmas Sittings, 1933, to Trinity Sittings, 1934.

Minister for Justice (Mr. Ruttledge)

CIRCUIT COURT.

A Return of the Number of New Cases entered, the Total Number of Cases dealt with which were within the jurisdiction of the District Court, and the Total Number of Jury Cases disposed of for each of the Legal Years: Michaelmas Sittings, 1932, to Trinity Sittings, 1933 (inclusive), and Michaelmas Sittings, 1933 to Trinity Sittings, 1934 (inclusive).

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Circuit No.	Legal Year	Criminal Cases	Criminal Appeals and Valuation Appeals	Ordinary Civil Bills and Remitted Actions	Equity	Workmen's Compensation	Malicious Injury Claims	Damage to Property Cases	Civil Bill Appeals from District Court	Ejectment and Rent Cases	Landlord and Tenant Cases	TOTAL	No. of Cases dealt with in the Circuit Court which were within the jurisdiction of the District Court	Jury Cases
1	1932-33	270	82	1,804	330	164	82	—	127	892	12	3,763	468	14
	1933-34	364	118	1,860	293	166	71	105	87	1,161	10	4,235	427	15
2	1932-33	47	59	242	64	83	32	—	51	84	3	665	19	5
	1933-34	84	50	224	58	82	37	470	38	112	5	1,160	15	3
3	1932-33	46	58	564	310	54	46	1	104	48	4	1,235	35	8
	1933-34	55	38	576	249	56	49	216	88	29	4	1,360	52	10
4	1932-33	46	42	598	137	51	38	—	58	33	11	1,014	22	3
	1933-34	49	30	560	137	61	37	567	47	56	11	1,555	17	1
5	1932-33	58	41	572	161	93	60	—	81	61	10	1,137	52	3
	1933-34	44	34	666	150	115	50	723	54	77	1	1,914	116	10
6	1932-33	62	55	655	123	179	57	—	59	68	7	1,265	44	10
	1933-34	74	51	626	97	152	83	321	45	68	5	1,522	41	9
7	1932-33	58	40	703	68	128	80	—	73	120	2	1,272	50	8
	1933-34	75	51	628	138	146	138	1,024	43	82	3	2,328	44	7
8	1932-33	31	28	707	90	117	49	5	35	46	4	1,112	73	3
	1933-34	65	17	800	67	130	54	471	25	80	11	1,720	41	—

Mr. McGilligan

asked the Minister for Justice if he will furnish (a) returns similar to those published as Appendices 3 and 3 (a) to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, covering the period from Michaelmas Sittings, 1932, to Trinity Sittings, 1933, and (b) similar returns covering the period Michaelmas Sittings, 1933, to Trinity Sittings, 1934.

CIRCUIT COURT.

A Return of the Number of Ordinary Civil Bills and Remitted Actions entered from Michaelmas Sittings, 1932, to Trinity Sittings, 1933 (inclusive), divided into groups according to the amount claimed.

Mr. Ruttledge

Circuit No.	Counties Comprised	£50 and under	Over £50 and up to £100	Over £100 and up to £150	Over £150 and up to £200	Over £200 and up to £250	Over £250 and up to £300	Over £300
1	Dublin City and County	1,074	342	77	39	37	233	2
2	Cork City and County	99	51	20	18	8	41	5
3	Cavan	192	36	2	4	1	9	—
	Donegal	53	18	6	5	4	24	—
	Leitrim	33	14	2	2	3	9	—
	Monaghan	93	35	4	2	2	11	—
	Total for Circuit No. 3	371	103	14	13	10	53	—
4	Galway	223	73	21	14	7	15	1
	Mayo	163	44	10	6	5	15	1
	Total for Circuit No. 4	386	117	31	20	12	30	2
5	Leix	19	9	3	1	1	5	—
	Longford	33	24	1	—	1	11	—
	Offaly	60	25	3	—	—	—	1
	Roscommon	71	24	12	4	4	9	—
	Sligo	87	17	8	3	2	8	—
	Westmeath	90	22	8	2	—	4	—
	Total for Circuit No. 5	360	121	35	10	8	37	1
6	Kildare	70	22	4	2	—	6	—
	Louth	65	15	8	2	1	15	—
	Meath	80	38	8	2	5	8	—
	Wexford	132	39	9	7	3	11	—
	Wicklow	73	16	2	3	2	7	—
	Total for Circuit No. 6	420	130	31	16	11	47	—
7	Clare	100	31	8	—	3	1	—
	Kerry	140	50	7	3	2	9	—
	Limerick	201	99	16	9	6	17	1
	Total for Circuit No. 7	441	180	31	12	11	27	1
8	Carlow	6	5	—	—	—	—	—
	Kilkenny	66	23	3	3	—	5	—
	Tipperary	317	83	19	12	7	10	1
	Waterford	95	29	9	3	2	9	—
	Total for Circuit No. 8	484	140	31	18	9	24	1
TOTAL FOR CIRCUITS 1 to 8	3,635	1,184	270	146	106	492	12

CIRCUIT COURT.

A Return of the Number of Ordinary Civil Bills and Remitted Actions entered from Michaelmas Sittings, 1932, to Trinity Sittings, 1933 (inclusive), divided into groups according to the amount claimed.

Circuit No.	Counties Comprised	£50 and under	Over £50 and up to £100	Over £100 and up to £150	Over £150 and up to £200	Over £200 and up to £250	Over £250 and up to £300	Over £300
1	Dublin City and County	1,080	376	89	51	45	213	6
2	Cork City and County	102	59	20	9	5	27	2
3	Cavan	241	25	7	2	1	12	1
	Donegal	45	26	1	3	1	15	—
	Leitrim	32	13	4	1	—	7	—
	Monaghan	87	29	10	2	1	10	—
	Total for Circuit No. 3	405	93	22	8	3	44	1
4	Galway	203	75	26	14	3	11	1
	Mayo	128	60	11	5	5	17	1
	Total for Circuit No. 4	331	135	37	19	8	28	2
5	Leix	9	7	9	2	1	8	—
	Longford	49	14	2	1	1	4	—
	Offaly	76	23	6	3	1	4	—
	Roscommon	81	29	5	3	1	10	1
	Sligo	87	33	4	3	3	10	—
	Westmeath	140	21	6	2	2	5	—
	Total for Circuit No. 5	442	127	32	14	9	41	1
6	Kildare	82	32	5	3	3	8	—
	Louth	65	36	8	4	2	11	1
	Meath	78	31	6	5	1	7	1
	Wexford	66	30	14	3	2	5	2
	Wicklow	63	36	6	5	—	5	—
	Total for Circuit No. 6	354	165	39	20	8	36	4
7	Clare	80	27	8	1	5	—	1
	Kerry	113	64	13	8	1	20	—
	Limerick	168	79	18	6	6	10	—
	Total for Circuit No. 7	361	170	39	15	12	30	1
8	Carlow	11	2	—	—	—	—	—
	Kilkenny	61	34	5	1	—	3	—
	Tipperary	448	28	16	11	4	16	2
	Waterford	102	27	12	2	4	10	1
	Total for Circuit No. 8	622	91	33	14	8	29	3
TOTAL FOR CIRCUITS 1 to 8	3,697	1,216	311	150	98	448	20

CIRCUIT COURT.

A Return for the periods stated of the Defended Actions in Contract and Tort where the Amount recovered was as in Columns 2, 3 and 4.

Michaelmas Sittings, 1932, to Trinity Sittings, 1933 (inclusive).

Circuit No.	Over £100 and up to £200	Over £200 and up to £300	Over £300
1	25	5	3
2	15	6	2
3	8	1	—
4	11	1	—
5	26	19	—
6	5	9	—
7	11	2	—
8	31	19	—
TOTALS	132	62	5

Michaelmas Sittings, 1933, to Trinity Sittings, 1934 (inclusive).

Circuit No.	Over £100 and up to £200	Over £200 and up to £300	Over £300
1	24	9	2
2	8	3	1
3	6	2	—
4	15	—	—
5	12	18	—
6	12	4	1
7	10	3	1
8	12	15	1
TOTALS	99	54	6