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No. 24 of 2019Courts Bill 2019
Public bill · Government · Presented
Raises the maximum number of ordinary judges on the Court of Appeal from 9 to 15. It is meant to help the court deal with a heavy workload and reduce long waiting times for appeals, which the memorandum says were already around 20 months for civil cases and could get worse without more judges. It also includes routine wording about how the law will be named and brought into force.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 to increase the number of ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal to fifteen; and to provide for related matters.
Last updated 29 July 2019
Sponsor
- Minister for Justice and Equality Primary
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Debates
- Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: From the Seanad Dáil
- Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages Seanad
- Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage Seanad
- Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Report Stage Dáil
- Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages Dáil
- Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage Dáil
- Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage Dáil
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