courthouse, there was “little provision for privacy”. In Galway city all family law cases, including childcare, domestic violence and maintenance disputes, were held on the same day with criminal cases in other courts in the courthouse. In Mullingar, there were 126 cases on the family list the day the CCLRP visited.
In Longford, the court was “very crowded . . . with people waiting along the corridor outside the courtroom rather than in the waiting room. A Garda called the cases by their initials . . . “The presiding judge heard all 90 matters listed as part of the dedicated monthly family law day.” Ten of these were childcare cases and the court sat from 10.30am until 4.40pm.
The review underlined again the need for specialist family courts, with specially trained judges and court staff, in a number of venues across the State, said Dr Coulter. This would mean the cases of often vulnerable families could be dealt with “sensitively in a suitable environment where their privacy would be assured”. Such facilities should also have easy access for wheelchair and buggy access, separate waiting areas for vulnerable litigants or witnesses including children, and a discreet system for calling parties into court, she added.
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