The Courts Service Act 1998 assigns the Courts Service the following functions:
managing the courts,
providing support services for the judges,
providing information on the courts system to the public,
providing, managing and maintaining court buildings, and
providing facilities for users of the courts.
The Court Service has no function in relation to the actual administration of justice. Judges themselves are directly employed by the state and not by the Courts Service.
Corporate structure
The day-to-day management of the Courts Service is conducted by its chief executive officer who is appointed by the Board of the Courts Service. The Board of the Courts Service is made up of the following:
members of each of these five courts elected by their ordinary members,
the chief executive officer of the Courts Service and a representative of its staff elected by them,
a practicing barrister and a practicing solicitor nominated by the chairman of the Bar Council and the president of the Law Society of Ireland respectively,
