Court Estate

Part of Justice – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:45 pm on 22 May 2012.

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Photo of David Ford David Ford Alliance 2:45, 22 May 2012

I thank Mrs Overend for that supplementary question, but, of course, by examining the position of the five part-time hearing centres, the Courts and Tribunals Service has, in fact, been proceeding to see what type of rationalisation may be necessary. I repeat the points that I made, which were ratified by CJINI in its most recent report: the proposals made in 2009 are simply not affordable and raise serious questions about geographical access to the courts. That is why the matter is being re-examined and why I believe that we will get a better proposal than was produced three years ago.