Judicial Council Act 2019
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Annual report of Judicial Conduct Committee | ||
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87. (1) The Judicial Conduct Committee shall, not later than 6 months after the end of each financial year of the Council, prepare, and submit to the Council and the Minister, a report in writing of its activities during that year. | ||
(2) If, under subsection (1), the first report under that subsection would relate to a period of less than 6 months, that report shall, notwithstanding that subsection, instead relate to the activities of the Judicial Conduct Committee during that period and the financial year of the Council immediately following that period and the Judicial Conduct Committee shall prepare, and submit to the Council and the Minister, that first report as soon as may be, but not later than 6 months, after the end of that financial year. | ||
(3) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after the receipt by him or her of a report under subsection (1), cause copies thereof to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a report under subsection (1) shall include information on the performance of the functions of the Judicial Conduct Committee during the period to which it relates and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall specify in respect of that period— | ||
(a) the number of complaints received, | ||
(b) the number of complaints determined to be admissible by the Registrar, | ||
(c) the number of complaints considered, and the number of complaints determined to be admissible, by the Complaints Review Committee, | ||
(d) the number of complaints resolved by informal means in accordance with Chapter 4, | ||
(e) the number of investigations initiated pursuant to a referral under section 59 , | ||
(f) the number of investigations conducted by a panel of inquiry under this Part of complaints or consequent on a referral under section 59 , | ||
(g) the number of complaints considered by the Judicial Conduct Committee that were not substantiated, | ||
(h) the number of determinations made by the Judicial Conduct Committee under section 71 (5) or 79 , | ||
(i) the number of judges who consented to the issuing of reprimands to them in accordance with section 58 or 73 , and | ||
(j) the number of complaints that were withdrawn in the circumstances referred to in section 57 or 74 . | ||
(5) Subject to subsection (6), the Judicial Conduct Committee shall not include, or cause to be included, in a report under this section any information that would identify, or could reasonably be expected to identify— | ||
(a) the judge concerned, or | ||
(b) the complainant. | ||
(6) The following information shall be included in a report under this section— | ||
(a) where the Judicial Conduct Committee issues a reprimand to a judge under section 71 or section 79 (2)(b), the name of the judge concerned and the reprimand issued, and | ||
(b) the name of a judge to whom section 79 (13) applies. | ||
(7) The Judicial Conduct Committee shall, as soon as practicable after copies of a report under subsection (1) are laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas under subsection (3), publish the report, or cause the report to be published, in such manner as the Committee considers appropriate. |