asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases listed per annum for hearing by juries in the High Court sitting at Cork from 1973 to 1978, inclusive.
448.
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447.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of jury cases heard in Cork in each of the years from 1973 to 1978, inclusive.
449.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases heard by the High Court on Circuit on appeal from the Circuit Court in Cork in each year from 1973 to 1978, inclusive.
450.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of non-jury actions, where one or both of the parties had an address for service in Cork, which have been heard before the High Court sitting in Dublin in each year from 1973 to 1978, inclusive.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 447 to 450, inclusive, together.
The term "number of cases listed" merely represents the number of the cases that are awaiting a hearing which an experienced court officer considers may be expected to be reached during a High Court sitting. It does not represent the number of cases awaiting hearing. Statistics showing the number of cases awaiting a hearing on, say, 1 January in each of the years referred to in the questions are not readily available. The current number of such cases is 366.
The following table gives the number of cases disposed of either by jury verdict or by ruling of settlements in each of the years in question:
|
Year |
Cases Disposed of |
|
1973 |
143 |
|
1974 |
193 |
|
1975 |
196 |
|
1976 |
221 |
|
1977 |
254 |
|
1978 |
305 |
The number of cases heard by the High Court on appeal from the Circuit Court in Cork during the years 1973 to 1978, inclusive, were as follows:
1973—26; 1974—21; 1975—42; 1976—45; 1977—25; 1978—21.
The information sought in Question No. 450 is not readily available and could not be specially compiled without the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time.
It is assumed that Question No. 448 refers to High Court cases.