Administration of Justice: Northern Ireland
Ministry of Justice written question – answered on 24th
April 2018.
Nigel Dodds Shadow
DUP Spokesperson (Reform and Constitutional Issues), Shadow DUP Spokesperson
(Foreign Affairs), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Brexit), DUP Westminster Leader
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether
he has received representations on the level of availability of interpreters
willing to travel for judicial proceedings in Northern Ireland; and if he will
take steps to ensure the provision of interpreters from England and Wales for
such proceedings in Northern Ireland.
Lucy Frazer The
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
The provision of services required to support the
administration of justice to the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
(NICTS), is a matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Justice. The Ministry
of Justice has robust language service arrangements in place to support
Northern Ireland sittings of the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration & Asylum
Chamber) and the Upper Tribunal tribunals, which covers the whole of the United
Kingdom.
Where requested to do so, my officials will share
the Ministry of Justice register of available interpreters with their NICTS
counterparts, to support the wider administration of the Northern Ireland
justice system.
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