Key figures for the administrative sector of the Ministry of JusticeGraphical version

Judiciary

Decided cases 2009

 

Supreme court

2,629

Courts of appeal 

11,583

District courts

731,658

  * criminal cases

61,477

  * summary cases

294,852

  * comprehensive civil cases

8,897

  * debt adjustment cases

3,626

  * real estate cases

296,187

Supreme administrative court

3,965

Administrative courts

21,494

Market court

662

Insurance court

7,391

Labour court

186

 

Average throughput time 2009

months

Supreme court

 

  * applications for leave of appeal

4.1

  * case decisions 

14.5

Courts of appeal

6.7

District courts

 

  * criminal cases

3.4

  * summary matters 

2.2

  * comprehensive civil cases 

8.2

  * debt adjustment cases

5.4

Supreme administrative court 

10.2

Administrative courts 

7.8

Market court 

10.0

Insurance court

10.9

Labour court

 4.8

 

Implementation of punishments 2009

Average number of prisoners

3,492

  * remand prisoners

569

  * default prisoners

83

  * convicts

2,840

Average number of persons performing
community service

1,559

Average number of persons released on parole
under supervision

1,532

Average number of conditionally punished
young persons under supervision

1,208

Average number of convicts taking part in activities, %

60

Operational costs/prisoner, euros

53,280

Personnel (man-year)/prisoner

0.76

Productivity (prisoners/man-year)

1.31

Completed community service, % of those started

82

 

Prosecution service 2009

Matters received

85,240

Matters decided

84,089

Matters decided/man-year

171

Average time for evaluation of charges, months

1.97

 

Enforcement service 2009

Matters received

2,580,000

Matters dealt with

2,497,000

Notices served

3,000

Open

1,359,000

Reported to applicants, million €

730

 

Legal aid and Consumer disputes board 2009

Legal aid offices

 

Matters received

50,903

Matters considered

50,695

Legal aid decisions

22,400

Legal aid guidance

14,224

 

Consumer disputes board

 

Complaints received

4,189

Complaints considered

4,169

Throughput time, months

9.1

Degree of observance of recommendations, %

79

Distribution of operational costs of the Ministry of Justice by task, 2009

Distribution of operational costs of the Ministry of Justice by category of expenditure, 2009

Source: Ministry of Justice

 

Updated on Sep 24, 2010