NB! Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 has been replaced by Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council as of 1 July 2022.
Notifications made under the new Regulation can be found here!
Article 2 – Requested courts
Court competent for the taking of evidence according to this regulation:
District Court
1st Floor,
Aras Ui Dhalaigh, Four Courts,
Dublin 7
Tel.: (353-01) 888 6152
Fax: (353-01) 878 3218
e-mail: MaryO'Mara@courts.ie
Contact Person: Ms Mary O'Mara
Territorial Jurisdiction: National
(Counties Dublin, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Offaly, Wicklow, Wexford, Longford, Laois, Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny, Cork, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Kerry, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan).
Article 3 – Central body
Central body supplying information to the courts, seeking solutions to any difficulties which may arise.
Courts Service
1st Floor,
Aras Ui Dhalaigh, Four Courts,
Dublin 7
Tel.: (353-01) 888 6152
Fax: (353-01) 878 3218
e-mail: MaryO'Mara@courts.ie
Territorial Jurisdiction: National.
(Counties Dublin, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Offaly, Wicklow, Wexford, Longford, Laois, Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny, Cork, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Kerry, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan).
Article 5 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
Forms will be accepted in English only.
Article 6 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
Requests may be sent by post, fax or email.
Article 17 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
(1) The Circuit Court shall be competent to take evidence pursuant to a request to which Article 1.1(a) of the Council Regulation applies.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the power conferred on the Circuit Court by paragraph (1) shall be exercised by the county registrar for the county or county borough in which the witness from whom evidence is to be taken resides, or carries on any profession, trade, business or other occupation.
(3) Where a request relates to more than one witness and paragraph (2) would operate to require the taking of evidence from the witnesses concerned by county registrars for different counties or county boroughs, the power conferred on the Circuit Court by paragraph (1) shall, in relation to the taking of evidence from each of those witnesses, be exercised by such county registrar as may be designated by the Chief Executive of the Courts Service or by such member of staff of the Courts Service as he or she may authorise in that behalf.
(4) The Courts Service is designated as the central body in the State for the purposes of Articles 4 and 19 of the Council Regulation.
Contact details can be found below:
Circuit & District Court Operations Directorate
Courts Service,
4th Floor Phoenix House,
15 - 24 Phoenix St. North,
Smithfield,Dublin 7
Tel: +353 1 888 6066/6070
Fax: (353-01) 888 60 63
Article 21 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 21(2)
None