Further delay to funds report for wards of court
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Families of wards of court will not receive individual statements on the performance of wards’ funds until the third quarter of this year, The Irish Times reports.
Families were originally promised a statement by the end of last year by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.
A spokesperson for the Courts Service of Ireland said: “The wards of court office is putting in place a new system whereby statements are sent automatically to the representatives of wards of court.
“Work is ongoing to enable these statements to be issued. The current records, over 2,800 cases, are manual and to ensure accuracy and indeed, to avoid data protection breaches, all data is being carefully checked. This process is taking longer than anticipated and as a consequence, the provision of these statements will commence from the third quarter of 2017.
“In the meantime the wards of court office is already providing, and will continue to provide, individual statements on request from the committees of wards of court.”
A spokeswoman for Justice for Wards, a group which campaigns on behalf of wards of court, said the delay was “impossible to accept”.
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