Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-29
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Michael McGrath (FF), Cork South-Central

I can confirm that the Government approved the drafting of a family court Bill along the lines of the general scheme in September 2020 which has been published and the drafting of the Bill is ongoing. It is quite an intensive amount of work ongoing in respect of that with a view to publishing it as soon as possible. The family court Bill will make provision for the establishment of a family court as divisions within the existing court structures, that is, providing for a family high court, a circuit family court and a district family court, each dealing with family law matters as appropriate to its jurisdiction. It is a priority for Government and we expect to make progress shortly.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-29