asked the Minister for Justice the total number of applications made to the Circuit Court in each year since May, 1982, in which relief has been claimed under the following Acts:- (1) Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964; (2) Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976; (3) Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981 (Barring Orders); (4) Family Home Protection Act, 1976; and (5) Married Women's Status Act, 1957.
Written Answers. - Court Applications.
845.
Limerick East): The information, in so far as it is available, is as follows:
Number of applications made to the Circuit Court in the years ended 31 July 1982, 1983, and 1984 seeking relief under the Acts referred to in the headings.
|
Heading |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
|
Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 (disputes as to the custody of children) |
54 |
370 |
* |
|
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 (applications for Maintenance Orders) |
34 |
297 |
* |
|
Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981 (Barring Orders) |
41 |
251 |
140 |
|
Family Home Protection Act, 1976 (relief under section 5) |
17 |
85 |
* |
|
Married Women's Status Act, 1957 (relief under section 12) |
7 |
112 |
* |
*Statistics in relation to the number of applications made during the year ended 31 July 1984 are being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
846.
asked the Minister for Justice the total number of applications made to the High Court in each of the years 1982 to 1984, inclusive, in which relief has been claimed under the following Acts:— (1) Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964; (2) Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976; (3) Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981 (Barring Orders); (4) Family Home Protection Act, 1976; and (5) Married Women's Status Act, 1957.
Limerick East): The information, in so far as it is available, is as follows:
Number of applications made to the High Court in the calendar years 1982 and 1983, seeking relief under the Acts referred to in the headings.
|
Heading |
1982 |
1983 |
|
Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 (disputes as to the custody of children) |
335 |
1 |
|
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 (applications for Maintenance Orders) |
165 |
Nil |
|
Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981 (Barring Orders)* |
— |
— |
|
Family Home Protection Act, 1976 |
139 |
17 |
|
Married Women's Status Act, 1957 |
148 |
11 |
*Figures for the number of barring orders are not maintained separately and could not be compiled without the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time.
Statistics in relation to the number of applications made under the above Acts in 1984 (excluding the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981) are being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
847.
asked the Minister for Justice the total number of proceedings instituted in (a) the Circuit Court and (b) the High Court in each of the years 1982 to 1984, inclusive, seeking a decree of divorce a mensa et thoro; and the total number of decrees granted in each year in each court.
Limerick East): The information, in so far as it is available, is as follows:
Circuit Court
|
(a) Year ended 31 July |
Applications for decrees of divorce a mensa et thoro |
Number of decrees granted |
|
1982 |
5 |
3 |
|
1983 |
53 |
14 |
|
1984¹ |
High Court
|
(b) Calendar Year |
Applications for decrees of divorce a mensa et thoro |
Number of decrees granted² |
|
1982 |
20 |
|
|
1983 |
8 |
|
|
1984 |
5 |
1 Statistics in relation to the number of applications made and decrees granted in 1984 are being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
2 Statistics in relation to the number of decrees granted are being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
848.
asked the Minister for Justice the total number of applications made to the District Court in each year between July 1981, up to July 1984, seeking:— (a) maintenance orders pursuant to the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976; (b) barring orders pursuant to the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981 or section 22 of the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 and (c) orders relating to the guardianship or custody of children under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964.
Limerick East): The relevant information for the years 1981 to 1983 in so far as it is available was furnished to the Deputy by me in reply to Question No. 490 of 20 June 1984.
The corresponding statistics in relation to the year ended 31 July 1984 are as follows:—
|
Number of Applications for Maintenance Orders under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 |
Number of Applications for Barring Orders under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 and the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981. |
Number of Applications for Custody Orders under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964. |
|
2,160 |
3,478 |
1,586 |
849.
asked the Minister for Justice the total number of nullity proceedings instituted in the High Court in (a) 1983 and (b) 1984; and the total number of nullity decrees granted by either the High Court or Supreme Court in each of those years.
Limerick East): The information, in so far as it is available, is as follows:—
|
Calendar Year |
Number of proceedings instituted for decrees of nullity |
|
1983 |
33 |
|
1984 |
20 |
Statistics in relation to the number of decrees granted by the High Court or the Supreme Court in 1983 and 1984 are being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.