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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 28 Oct 1959

Vol. 177 No. 3

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Salaries, Expenses and Allowances of Judiciary.

13.

asked the Minister for Justice if he will state (a) the amount of the increase proposed to be paid to (i) the Chief Justice and each Supreme Court Judge, (ii) the President of the High Court and each High Court Judge, (iii) the President of the Circuit Court and each Circuit Court Judge and (iv) each District Justice, (b) the amount, including the increase, payable to each, and (c) the total amount, including the increase, payable to all persons in the above categories.

I assume that the increases referred to by the Deputy are those proposed in the Courts of Justice Bill, 1959. The information sought by him is set out in the form of a tabular statement, which, with the permission of the Leas Cheann Comhairle, I propose to have circulated with the Official Report.

The following is the statement:—

(a)

(b)

(c)

Amount of proposed increase.

Total amount of salary including proposed increases.

Total (including proposed increase) for all judicial persons in each ategory, i.e., the maximum number at present permitted by law.

£

s.

£

s.

£

s.

Chief Justice

485

0

5,335

0

5,335

0

Supreme Court Judges (4)

370

0

4,070

0

16,280

0

President of the High Court

370

0

4,070

0

4,070

0

High Court Judges (6)

325

0

3,575

0

21,450

0

President of the Circuit Court

325

0

3,575

0

3,575

0

Circuit Court Judges (9)

257

10

2,832

10

25,492

10

Principal Justices Dublin Metropolitan District (3)

201

0

2,211

0

6,633

0

Dublin Metropolitan and Cork City District Justices (6)

188

0

2,068

0

12,408

0

Other District Justices (33)

175

0

1,925

0

63,525

0

Total£

158,768

10

14.

asked the Minister for Justice if he will state the amount of the expenses and all other allowances paid to (a) the Chief Justice, (b) each of the Judges of the Supreme Court, (c) the President of the High Court, (d) each of the Judges of the High Court, (e) the President of the Circuit Court, (f) each of the Judges of the Circuit Court, and (g) each of the Justices of the District Court for the financial year 1958/59; and if he will give an estimate of such expenses and allowances for the current financial year.

The information sought in respect of the financial year 1958/59 is set out in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I propose to have circulated with the Official Report.

With regard to the current financial year provision has been made in the Estimates for the payment of amounts generally corresponding to those set out in the tabular statement.

The following is the statement:

Amount of expenses and allowances in respect of travelling and subsistence paid in the financial year 1958-59

£

s.

d.

Chief Justice

Nil

Supreme Court Judges:

Judge Lavery

537

13

6

,,Kingsmill Moore

221

13

0

,,Ó Dalaigh

Nil

,,M. Maguire

504

14

0

President of the High Court

Nil

High Court Judges:

Judge Haugh

660

16

6

,,Dixon

573

8

0

,,Budd

432

5

3

,,McLoughlin

342

0

3

,,Murnaghan

184

4

0

,,Teevan

202

0

0

The above amounts also cover the expenses of Ushers

President of the Circuit Court

Nil

Judges of the Circuit Court:

Judge Ó Briain

693

4

0

,,Lynch

488

12

9

,,Conroy

6

6

6

,,Binchy

631

6

3

,,Durcan

536

5

3

,,Deale

432

16

11

,,Neylon

432

16

11

,,Sweeney

300

1

11

,,Fawsitt

442

2

7

Justices of the District Court:

Principal Justice Hannon

Nil

,, ,,Mangan

Nil

,, ,,Ua Roideán

Nil

District Justice Moloney

Nil

,, ,,Farrell

Nil

,, ,,Ó Riain

Nil

,, ,,Ó Floinn

Nil

,, ,,O'Grady

255

0

0

,, ,,Beatty

281

0

0

,, ,,Crotty

213

0

0

,, ,,Gleeson

98

0

0

,, ,,Price

404

0

0

,, ,,Johnson

412

0

0

,, ,,Lavery

296

0

0

,, ,,Cahill

206

0

0

,, ,,McCabe

131

0

0

,, ,,Burke

226

0

0

,, ,,Keane

270

0

0

,, ,,Keely

219

0

0

,, ,,Ua Donnchadha

247

0

0

,, ,,Coffrey

321

0

0

,, ,,MacDonagh

196

0

0

,, ,,Rochford

509

0

0

,, ,,Hurley

294

0

0

,, ,,O'Donovan

33

0

0

,, ,,Nunan

148

0

0

,, ,,Ó hUadhaigh

285

0

0

,, ,,Murphy

115

0

0

,, ,,Kennedy

313

0

0

,, ,,Skinner

252

0

0

,, ,,O'Callaghan

210

0

0

,, ,,Kenny

114

0

0

,, ,,Sweetman

303

0

0

,, ,,Loftus

308

0

0

,, ,,McGahon

267

0

0

,, ,,Larkin

293

0

0

,, ,,Lanigan-O'Keeffe

287

0

0

,, ,,Barry

453

0

0

,, ,,Feran (a)

1,113

0

0

,, ,,Coghlan (a)

310

0

0

,, ,,Buckley (a)

376

0

0

,, ,,MacFhionnlaoich (a)

208

0

0

(a) Temporary District Justice.

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