Civil Rights Ireland

Subject: Court fees and access to constitutional justice Dear Teachta Dála, I am writing to you as a constituent to raise a concern about access to justice and court fees in the High Court. At present, citizens are generally required to pay court stamp fees to bring proceedings in the High Court, even where the purpose of those proceedings is to protect or vindicate fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. In practice, only a very narrow category of constitutional cases—primarily applications under Article 40.4—are clearly exempt from fees. This means that people seeking to vindicate other core constitutional rights, such as equality before the law, personal rights, family and children’s rights, property rights, or freedom of conscience and expression, may be required to pay significant fees simply to access the courts. Rights that depend on the ability to pay are not being vindicated equally. By contrast, the current fee rules provide a broad automatic exemption where a part...

  Dear Deputy, I am writing to you as a constituent regarding court fees in the Superior Courts — the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court — where citizens seek to vindicate constitutional rights. The Constitution guarantees fundamental rights to every person in the State, including personal liberty, equality before the law, family and children’s rights, education rights, property rights, freedom of conscience and religion, and access to justice itself. These rights are not optional and are not granted by the courts; they are guaranteed by the State. Despite this, citizens are required to pay significant court fees to enforce these constitutional guarantees, even where the State or a State body is the alleged wrongdoer. Under  S.I. No. 492/2014 (Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court (Fees) Order 2014) , fee exemptions operate in a way that favours the State — including where it litigates through the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions — cr...

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