asked the Taoiseach if he will state in respect of the Law Reform Commission (a) the annual subvention since its establishment (b) the number of staff employed at present; (c) the number and title of each of the reports published by it since its establishment; and (d) the titles of forthcoming publications, if any.
Written Answers. - Law Reform Commission.
594.
(a) The annual subventions to the Law Reform Commission since its establishment in October 1975 were as follows:—
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£ |
|
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October 1975-31 December 1976 |
98,513 |
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calendar year 1977 |
132,000 |
|
calendar year 1978 |
121,000 |
|
calendar year 1979 |
147,600 |
|
calendar year 1980 |
174,000 |
|
calendar year 1981 |
171,000 |
|
calendar year 1982 |
187,000 |
(b) The total number of staff employed by the Law Reform Commission is eight comprising the secretary, three research staff and four clerical staff. (c) The following is a list of publications of the Law Reform Commission to date:—
First Programme for Examination of Certain Branches of the Law with a View to their Reform (December 1976) (Prl. 5984).
Working Paper No. 1 — 1977 The Law relating to the Liability of Builders, Vendors and Lessors for the Quality and Fitness of Premises (June 1977).
Working Paper No. 2 — 1977, The Law relating to the Age of Majority, the Age for Marriage and some Connected Subjects (November 1977).
Working Paper No. 3 — 1977, Civil Liability for Animals (November 1977).
First (Annual) Report (1977) (Prl. 6961.
Working Paper No. 4 — 1978, The Law relating to Breach of Promise of Marriage (November 1978).
Working Paper No. 5 — 1978, The Law relating to Criminal Conversation and the Enticement and Harbouring of a Spouse (December 1978).
Working Paper No. 6 — 1979, The Law relating to Seduction and the Enticement and Harbouring of a Child (March 1979).
Working Paper No. 7 — 1979, The Law relating to Consortium and Loss of Services of a Child (March 1979).
Working Paper No. 8 — 1979, Judicial Review of Administrative Action: The Problem of Remedies (November 1979).
Second (Annual) Report (1978/79) (Prl. 8855).
Working Paper No. 9 — 1980, The Rule Against Hearsay (April 1980).
First Report on Family Law (LRC 1 — 1981), Criminal Conversation, Enticement and Harbouring of a Spouse or Child, Loss of Consortium, Personal Injury to a Child, Seduction of a Child, Matrimonial Property and Breach of Promise of Marriage.
Third (Annual) Report (1980) (Prl. 9733).
Working Paper No. 10 — 1981, Domicile and Habitual Residence (September 1981).
Report on Civil Liability for Animals (LRC 2 — 1982).
Report on Defective Premises (LRC 3 — 1982).
Fourth (Annual) Report (1981) (Pl. 742).
Report on Illegitimacy (LRC 4 — 1982).
Report on the Age of Majority (LRC 5 — 1983).
(d) The future publications of the commission will deal with those matters on the Commission's First Programme (or referred to the commission by the Attorney General) in respect of which reports have not already been published. The programme was laid by the Taoiseach before both Houses of the Oireachtas on 4 January 1977. The work in hand by the commission at a particular time is set out in the Annual Reports of the Commission. The Annual Report for the year 1982 will be available shortly.