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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Courts_Service > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Courts_Service.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_Service > Source revision: 1347458632 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|State agency responsible for the administration and management of the courts in Ireland}} {{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Courts Service | type = | nativename = An tSéirbhís Chúirteanna | nativename_a = | nativename_r = | logo = frameless|220x220px | logo_width = 200px | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | picture = | picture_width = | picture_caption = | formed = November 1999 | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | dissolved = | superseding = | jurisdiction = [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) | headquarters = Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7, Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|53.346871|-6.277765|display=inline,title}} | motto = | employees = 1,025{{Cite web|url=http://www.courts.ie/Courts.ie/library3.nsf/(WebFiles)/8000F0BA4F127EE7802582CD00338311/$FILE/Courts%20Service%20Annual%20Report%202017.pdf|title=Courts Service Annual Report 2017|last=|first=|date=|website=Courts Service|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 September 2018}} | budget = €133 million (2017) | minister1_name = | minister1_pfo = | minister2_name = | minister2_pfo = | deputyminister1_name = | deputyminister1_pfo = | deputyminister2_name = | deputyminister2_pfo = | chief1_name = Angela Denning | chief1_position = Chief Executive Officer | chief2_name = [Chief Justice](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Ireland) [Donal O'Donnell](/source/Donal_O'Donnell) | chief2_position = Chairperson | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | chief6_name = | agency_type = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = | parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency = | keydocument1 = | website = {{URL|courts.ie}} | footnotes = | map = | map_width = | map_caption = }} The '''Courts Service''' is a [statutory body](/source/statutory_corporation) that provides administration and support services to the [Courts of the Republic of Ireland](/source/Courts_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland). It was established in 1999 by the ''Courts Service Act 1998''.Section 4 of the Courts Service Act 1998. Its head office is at Phoenix House, [Smithfield, Dublin](/source/Smithfield%2C_Dublin). ==Functions== The ''Courts Service Act 1998'' assigns the Courts Service the following functions: * managing the courts, * providing support services for the judges, * providing information on the courts system to the public, * providing, managing and maintaining court buildings, and * providing facilities for users of the courts.Section 5 of the Courts Service Act 1998. 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.{{Cite web |title=The Courts Service |url=http://www.aji.ie/supports/courts_service |publisher=Association of Judges of Ireland |accessdate=28 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209230132/http://www.aji.ie/supports/courts_service |archive-date=9 December 2015 |url-status=dead }} ==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:Section 11 of the Courts Service Act 1998 as amended by Section 57 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014. * the presidents of the [Supreme Court](/source/Supreme_Court_(Ireland)), the [Court of Appeal](/source/Court_of_Appeal_(Ireland)), the [High Court](/source/High_Court_(Ireland)), the [Circuit Court](/source/Circuit_Court_(Ireland)) and the [District Court](/source/District_Court_(Ireland)) (or judges of those courts nominated by their presidents), * members of each of these five courts elected by their ordinary members, * the chief executive officer of the Courts Service and a representative of its staff elected by them, * a practicing barrister and a practicing solicitor nominated by the chairman of the Bar Council and the president of the Law Society of Ireland respectively, * a civil servant from the [Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration](/source/Department_of_Justice%2C_Home_Affairs_and_Migration) nominated by the [Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration](/source/Minister_for_Justice%2C_Home_Affairs_and_Migration), * a person nominated by the [Irish Congress of Trade Unions](/source/Irish_Congress_of_Trade_Unions), * a person nominated by the Minister to represent the consumers of court services, and * a person nominated by the Minister for relevant knowledge and experience in commerce, finance or administration. ==See also== * [Law of the Republic of Ireland](/source/Law_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.courts.ie/ Courts Service Website] {{authority control}} Category:Government agencies of the Republic of Ireland Category:National councils of the judiciary Category:Judiciary of the Republic of Ireland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Courts Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_Service) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_Service?action=history)). 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