§ 58. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Attorney-General if he is aware of the need to make judgments of the courts in Britain and the Republic of Ireland, respectively, enforceable in both countries; and if he will take steps by legislation or otherwise to achieve reciprocity in enabling such judgments to be made enforceable in both countries accordingly.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI am not aware that the present position causes any hardship or difficulty. Judgments obtained in the United Kingdom can be sued on in the courts of the Irish Republic andvice versa.
Under existing legislation, arrangements can be made by Order in Council for the judgments of superior courts of the Irish Republic being entered as judgments here without a further action being instituted, if similar arrangements are made in the Irish Republic.