Courts Service

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Courts Service
An tSéirbhís Chúirteanna
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Agency overview
FormedNovember 1999
Jurisdiction Ireland
HeadquartersPhoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7, Ireland
53°20′49″N6°16′40″W / 53.346871°N 6.277765°W / 53.346871; -6.277765
Employees1,025 [1]
Annual budget€133 million (2017)
Agency executives
Website courts.ie

The Courts Service is a statutory body that provides administration and support services to the Courts of the Republic of Ireland. It was established in 1999 by the Courts Service Act 1998. [2] Its head office is at Phoenix House, Smithfield, Dublin.

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Functions

The Courts Service Act 1998 assigns the Courts Service the following functions:

The Court Service has no function in relation to the actual administration of justice. Judges themselves are directly employed by the state and not by the Courts Service. [4]

Corporate structure

The day-to-day management of the Courts Service is conducted by its chief executive officer who is appointed by the Board of the Courts Service. The Board of the Courts Service is made up of the following: [5]

See also

References

  1. "Courts Service Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Courts Service. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. Section 4 of the Courts Service Act 1998.
  3. Section 5 of the Courts Service Act 1998.
  4. "The Courts Service". Association of Judges of Ireland. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. Section 11 of the Courts Service Act 1998 as amended by Section 57 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014.