Alan Shatter
Ceist:293 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for decrees of judicial separation made within each circuit court area during the legal year 1 August 1996 to 31 July 1997; the number of decrees granted during this legal year in each area; and the grounds upon which decrees of judicial separation were granted in each of these circuit court areas. [21820/97]