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GAZETTE
JUNE 1996
The legislature e n v i s a ge that
applicants will apply for either a
Sa f e ty Order or a Barring Order. One
can e n v i s a ge a situation in wh i ch an
applicant is a d v i s ed that in c a se the
mo re e x t e n s i ve r eme dy of a Barring
Order mi g ht not be granted a dual
application s hou ld be issued thus
g i v i ng the option to the District
Judge to provide the lesser relief of a
S a f e ty Order.
4. T he ramifications of s e c t i o ns 9 and
16 under wh i ch the District Judge
can ma ke a w i de variety of Orders
under four other Ac ts without prior
notice to the respondent g i v es rise
to grave c o n c e r ns for the
respondent's rights.
I w o u ld w e l c o me particularly the
effort on the part of the legislature to
deal with differing e f f e c ts on p e o p le
as a result of marriage b r e a kd own, the
increase in Garda p ow e rs to enter and
search with reasonable c a u se in order
to ma ke an arrest, the creation of the
Sa f e ty Order r eme dy wh i ch can g i ve
parties a f f e c t ed a r eme dy without
h a v i ng to g o to the e x t r eme of s e e k i ng
a Barring Order and the introduction
of the "Watching and Be s e t t i ng"
e l eme n ts to the three reliefs under
the Act.
Regrettably the Act d o es not include
any provision for Court-annexed
services, the i n v o l v eme nt of the
Probation and Welfare S e r v i ce or any
p r o v i s i o ns for dealing with the
underlying c a u s es of d ome s t ic
v i o l e n c e. The Department of Equality
and L aw R e f o rm should set up
s ome form of monitoring and
statistical analysis of the operation of
the Act in an effort to determine the
p r o c e ss and c o n s e q u e n c es of
d ome s t ic v i o l e n c e.
It is to be regretted that the
Department of Justice have not yet
introduced training and support for
the Family Law District Court Clerks
w h o h a ve b e en at the coal f a ce of
D ome s t ic V i o l e n ce since 1976. The
present C P SU D i s pu te e f f e c t i v e ly
me a ns that the Act cannot be
i mp l eme n t ed as it is intended on a
n a t i o nw i de basis.
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