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Vivion de Valera, S.C. (Fianna Fail) Dublin North
Central.
Declan Costello, S.C. (Fine Gael) Dublin North
West.
John A. Costello, S.C. (Fine Gael) Dublin South
East.
David Andrews (Fianna Fail) Dun Laoghaire
Rathdown.
Liam Cosgrave, S.C. (Fine Gael) Dun Laoghaire
Rathdown.
T. F. O'Higgins, S.C. (Fine Gael) Laois-Offaly.
P. J. Lindsay, S.C. (Fine Gael) Mayo North.
J. M. Dillon (Fine Gael) Monaghan.
Brian Lenihan (Fianna Fail) Roscommon.
Solicitors.
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
(Fine.
Gael) Cavan.
Patrick O'Donnell (Fine Gael) South West
Donegal.
George Colley (Fianna Fail) Dublin North East.
Richie Ryan (Fine Gael) Dublin South West.
Lionel Booth (Fianna Fail) Dun Laoghaire
Rathdown.
H. P. Dockrell (Fine Gael) Dun Laoghaire
Rathdown.
Gerard Sweetman (Fine Gael) Kildare.
Michael Moran (Fianna Fail) Mayo South.
Scan Flanagan (Fianna Fail) Mayo South.
M. J. O'Higgins (Fine Gael) Wicklow.
Legal Members of the Government
The following members of the legal profession are
members of the Government:—
Jack Lynch, Barrister-at-Law, Minister for
Finance.
Michael Moran, Solicitor, Minister for Lands and
Gaeltacht.
Brian Lenihan, Barrister-at-Law, Minister for
Justice.
George Colley, Solicitor, Minister for Education.
Scan Flanagan, Solicitor, Parliamentary Secretary
to the Minister for Local Government.
THE OIREACHTAS
Speaking on the Estimate for Local Government
in the Dail, Deputy P. O'Donnell said : One of the
responsibilities of local authorities is the provision of
courthouses and this is a responsibility which has
been sadly neglected. I do not blame the local
authorities because the grants made available are
insufficient to encourage local authorities to tackle
the serious problem of putting the courthouses in
order. I speak from experience. Judges are only
human beings, and if a judge becomes irritated and
annoyed, one cannot expect the same dispensing of
justice that one can expect in normal circumstances.
We know that our judges are sitting and
endeavouring to administer justice in courthouses
which would not be tolerated in any other country.
The other day I was in the town of Drogheda and
there was a discussion as to whether the courthouse
there should be reconstructed or a new one built,
but the judge, I understand, has refused to sit in the
present building. The same happens in my own
county in Letterkenny. We had difficulty in pro
curing a reasonable sitting of the court on account
of the condition of the courthouse. A courthouse is
for the benefit of the country. Judges do not sit for
the benefit of lawyers, solicitors or barristers ; they
sit to administer justice to Sean Citizen, to everyone,
and it is essential that these men be given an op
portunity to do so in comfort, not alone for them
selves but for the public who have to use these
courthouses. I should be glad if the Minister would
ensure that local authorities are adequately compen
sated for any expenditure incurred by them in this
connection.
An Leas-Cheatm Combairk :
That is not a matter
for the Minister for Local Government.
Mr. P. O'Donnell:
Quite possibly, it may be more
a matter for the Minister for Finance, but, in dealing
with the Department of Local Government, we are
dealing also with the activities of local authorities.
In those circumstances, what I have said would be
relevant to the Estimate.
Dail Debates, 28th April, 1965, cols. 327-8.
Dublin Metropolitan District Courts.
15.
Mr. Ryan
asked the Minister for Justice the
reason for the delay in numbering the Dublin
Metropolitan District Courts in one sequence ; and
when it will be done.
Mr. B. Lenihan :
As indicated in my reply on 3rd
November last, I propose to make an Order altering
the present numbering arrangement in the Dublin
Metropolitan District Court at Morgan Place and
Chancery Street. It has been necessary to undertake
certain consultations which have not yet been com
pleted. However, I expect to be in a position to
make the Order in the next few weeks.
Index to Superior Court Rules.
16.
Mr. Ryan
asked the Minister for Justice the
reason for the delay in publishing the Index to the
Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. 72 of 1962) ; and
when it will be published.
Mr. B. Lenihan :
As indicated in my reply on 3rd
December last to a similar question from Deputy
Barrett, it was hoped to have the Index to the Rules
of the Superior Courts published in separate form