The Gazette 1995

GAZETTE

NOVEMBER 1995

WHO WILL FIGHT

IRELAND'S

NUMBER ONE KILLER?

Heart Attack and Stroke cause 46% of all

deaths in Ireland

WE WILL

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fights Heart Disease and Stroke

through Education, Community

Services and Research.

IF YOU WILL

Remember the IHF when you are making

your will - you can contribute to our work

without losing capital or income

during your lifetime.

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OXFAM . GORTA . ACTIONAID . REHAB FOUNDATION

WORKING GROUP ON A

COURTS COMMISSION

The Minister for Justice, Mrs. Nora Owen, T.D., has

established a Working Group to review the operation of

the Courts system and, in the light of this review, to

c o n s i d er the ma t t er o f the e s t a b l i s hme nt o f a

Commission on the Management of the Courts as an

independent and permanent body with financial and

m a n a g e m e nt a u t o n omy (as e n v i s a g ed in the

G o v e r n m e n t 's P o l i cy A g r e e m e nt e n t i t l ed

" A

Government of Renewal"). The Working Group, which

is being chaired by Mrs. Justice Susan Denham, has

adv i s o ry and r e c omme n d a t o ry f un c t i o ns and will

ultimately be submitting a report to the Minister.

The terms of reference for the

Working Group are as follows:

To review

(a) the operation of the Courts system, having regard

to the level and quality of service provided to the

public, staffing, information technology, etc;

(b) the financing of the Courts system, including the

current relationship between the Courts, the

Department of Justice and the Oireachtas in this

regard;

system which the Group considers appropriate.

In the light of the foregoing review, to consider

the matter of the establishment of a Commission

on the Management of the Courts as an

independent and permanent body with financial

and management autonomy (as envisaged in the

December 1994 document entitled "A

Government of Renewal").

To have investigative, advisory and recommend-

ation functions and to make a reports (and any

interim reports and recommendations as they see

fit) to the Minister for Justice on the foregoing

matters.

The Working Group invites submissions from

interested groups and individuals on issues relevant

to the above terms of reference.

Submissions, in writing, should reach the Secretary to

the Working Group, at the address quoted below,

not later than 22nd December, 1995.

Secretary to the Working Group,

Room 307,

Department of Justice,

72-76 St. Stephen's Green,

Dublin 2.

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