Family Courts Act 2024

Family Circuit Court circuits comprising Irish speaking Family District Court districts

34. The Act of 1924 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 44:

“Family Circuit Court circuits comprising Irish speaking Family District Court districts

44A. So far as may be practicable having regard to all relevant circumstances, the judge of the Family Circuit Court assigned to any Family Circuit Court circuit which includes an area where the Irish language is in general use shall possess such a knowledge of the Irish language as would enable him or her to dispense with the assistance of an interpreter when evidence is given in that language.”.