Order 23: Trial of summary offences

District Court Rules: Introduction

Order 1: Sittings

Order 2: Adjournment of proceedings and of the court

Order 3: Language

Order 4: Mode of address

Order 5: Judges’ robes

Order 6: Right of audience

Order 7: Minors and other persons under disability

Order 8: Tendering of evidence

Order 9: Affidavits

Order 10: Service of documents in criminal proceedings

Order 11: Service out of the jurisdiction

Order 12: Miscellaneous provisions

Order 12A: Funds in court

Order 12B: Recording of Proceedings

Order 13: Venue

Order 14: Admission to court and publication of proceedings

Order 15: Issue of summonses alleging offences

Order 16: Issue of warrants charging offences

Order 17: Procedure on arrest

Order 18: Procedure on admitting to bail

Order 19: Remands by the court

Order 20: Arrest of persons in contravention of conditions of bail recognisances

Order 21: Attendance of witnesses and securing evidence

Order 22: Procedure on accused’s failure to appear

Order 23: Trial of summary offences

Order 23A: Criminal Law (Insanity) Act, 2006

Order 24: Proceedings relating to indictable offences

Order 25: Issue of warrants in execution of court orders

Order 26: Endorsement, addressing, execution and re-issue of warrants

Order 27: Estreatment of recognisances — forfeiture of money lodged

Order 28: Recognisances under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907

Order 28A: Proceedings under Part 10 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006

Order 29: Extradition

Order 30: Community service

Order 31: Proceedings Under — Criminal Justice Act, 1984 — Criminal Justice Act, 2006, Section 5 — International Criminal Court Act, 2006, Sections 50 and 50A — Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act, 2008, Sections 79, 79A and 79B — Criminal Procedure

Order 31A: Proceedings under the Police (Property) Act, 1897

Order 31B: Seizure without warrant, delivery up, forfeiture, disposal and applications for return in intellectual property cases

Order 32: Misuse of drugs

Order 33: Compensation orders

Order 34: Miscellaneous search warrants

Order 34A: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act, 2009

Order 35: Certified copies of orders and of other documents

Order 36: Costs and witnesses’ expenses

Order 37: Proceedings involving children or young persons

Order 38: Miscellaneous matters

Order 39: Civil Proceedings: General Rules

Order 39A

Order 40: Beginning Civil Proceedings in the Court

Order 40A: Personal Injuries Proceedings

Order 40B: Landlord and Tenant Proceedings (Ejectment)

Order 40C: Procedure in Statutory Applications by Notice of Application

Order 40D: Procedure in Statutory Appeals by Notice of Appeal to the Court

Order 40E: Proceedings begun by the Issue of a Summons in Matters other than Criminal Matters

Order 40F: Intellectual Property

Order 41: Service of documents in the state

Order 41A: Service of Documents Outside the State with the Permission of the Court

Order 41B: Service of Documents Outside the State without the Permission of the Court

Order 42: Defence, Particulars and Counterclaim

Order 42A: Third Party Procedure

Order 43: Joining Claims and Parties

Order 44: Applications by notice of motion

Order 45: Lodgments and Tenders In Lieu of Lodgment

Order 45A: Security for costs

Order 45B: Discovery and Inspection of Documents

Order 45C: Application to have a claim forwarded to the Circuit Court or to the High Court

Order 45D: Admissions

Order 45E: Amendment

Order 46: Attendance of witnesses and production of documents

Order 46A

Order 46B

Order 46C

Order 47: Judgment in Default in Debt Claims

Order 47A: Judgment in Default in Non-Debt Claims

Order 47B: Discontinuance and Withdrawal

Order 48: Authentication and filing of documents

Order 49: Hearing of civil proceedings

Order 49A: Case management

Order 49B: Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution

Order 50: Affidavits in civil proceedings

Order 51: Execution and enforcement of judgments

Order 51A: Enforcement of judgments and orders

Order 51B: Interpleader

Order 51C: European enforcement orders

Order 52: European Account Preservation Order

Order 53: Costs

Order 53A: Small claims procedure

Order 53B: European small claims procedure (for cross-border small claims within the European union)

Order 53C

Order 54: Maintenance of spouses and children

Order 54A: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, 2010

Order 55

Order 56: Attachment of earnings

Order 57: Proceedings under: section 8 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940 section 9A of the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976 – section 52A of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 20

Order 58: Custody and guardianship of children declaration of parentage

Order 59: Domestic violence

Order 60: Protection of the family home

Order 61: Use of blood tests in determining parentage

Order 61A: Section 40 Civil Liability and Courts Act, 2004

Order 62

Order 63: Auctioneers and house agents

Order 64: Betting Act, 1931

Order 65: Fisheries

Order 66: Gaming and Lotteries

Order 67: General dealers

Order 68: Licensing Acts, 1833 to 2018; Certificates for spirit retailers’ licences, beer retailers’ licences, wine retailers’ licences, wholesale beer licences, producer’s retail licences; Declarations of fitness under section 15 of the Intoxicating Liqu

Order 69: Restaurant certificates and declarations as to suitability of premises

Order 70: Objections to the first grant of wine retailers’ on-licences

Order 71: Special exemption orders

Order 72: General exemption orders

Order 73: Exemptions for special events

Order 74: Exemptions for licensed business on Sunday afternoons and Saint Patrick’s Day

Order 75: Exemptions for unlicensed business on Sunday afternoons and Saint Patrick’s Day

Order 76: Occasional licences

Order 77: Ad-interim transfers of licences

Order 78: Transfers of licences held by nominees

Order 79: Certificates of transfer

Order 80: Objections to renewal of intoxicating liquor licences, forms of renewal certificate and recording of renewals of licences

Order 81: Annual Licensing Court

Order 82: Register of licences

Order 83: Registration of clubs, granting of club authorisations

Order 84: Child care

Order 84A: Mental Health Act, 2001

Order 85: Water disconnection rules

Order 86: Public dancing

Order 87: Public music and singing

Order 88: Street and house to house collections

Order 89: Wildlife

Order 90: Air navigation (Eurocontrol)

Order 90A: Railway infrastructure

Order 91: Control of dogs

Order 92: Fire services

Order 93: Housing (private rented dwellings)

Order 93A: Applications under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009

Order 93B: Applications to Extend Time for Delivery of Annual Return Under Section 343 of the Companies Act 2014

Order 93C: Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2020

Order 94: Irish nationality and citizenship

Order 95: Malicious injuries

Order 96: Protection of the environment and control of pollution

Order 96A: Food safety

Order 96B: Orders Concerning Retail Premises Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 2003 Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act, 2010

Order 96C: Civil Orders under the Criminal Justice Act, 2006, Part II and Behaviour Orders under the Children Act, 2001, Part 12A

Order 96D: Harassment Orders Under The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017

Order 97: Road traffic

Order 98: Social welfare

Order 99

Order 99A: Procedure Under: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997; Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014

Order 99B: Employment Equality Act, 1998 and Equal Status Act, 2000

Order 99C

Order 100

Order 101: Appeals to the Circuit Court

Order 102: Cases stated

District Court Fees (Amendment) Order 2021

District Court Fees: Schedule of Costs

District Court Rules and Forms Updates