Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 4 Feb 1992

Vol. 415 No. 3

Written Answers. - District Court Statistics.

Michael Bell

Ceist:

122 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline (a) the annual caseload of the district courts for each of the years (1) 1980, (2) 1982, (3) 1984, (4) 1986, (5) 1988, (6) 1990; and (b) the average annual number of judges of the District Court in each of those years.

Minister for Justice (Mr. Burke)

The caseload of the District Court for the years specified by the Deputy is as follows:

Legal year ended 31 July	Caseload
1980	619,195
1982	627,226
1984	869,140
1986	862,597
1988	729,239
1990	718,562

The authorised complement of judges of the District Court on 1 January of each of the specified years, together with details of changes to that complement, is shown hereunder:

Date	Authorised complement of Judges of the District Court.
1 January 1980	42
1 January 1982	42
1 November 1982	43
1 March 1983	44
1 January 1984	44
31 January 1984	45
1 January 1986	45
1 January 1988	45
11 April 1989	46
1 January 1990	46