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show that district court judg- es received on average €23,436 in expenses last year.
Judge Mangan, appointed in July 2001, is likely to be in the upper half of the list as he has a large area to ad- minister, stretching from south Gal-
way to south-east and west Clare.
The highest amount received by a judge was €82,240. It is likely that the judge concerned does not have a designated court district and instead moves from district to district to cov- er for judges who are on leave.
The court sittings over which Judge Mangan presides include those in Ennis, Ennistymon, Kildysart, Kil- kee, Corofin, Kilrush, Tulla, Gort, Athenry and Killaloe.
Judge Mangan’s expenses payments comes on top on his newly increased salary of €158,000, awarded on
the recommendation of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in Public Sector. Judge Mangan’s sal- ary increased by 18 per cent from €134,124.
The figures show that country’s District Court judges spent €596,828 on mileage and €701,391 on subsist- ence.
The figures also show that the judg- es spent €14,211 on judges’ attire in- cluding wigs and gowns.
The FOI Unit has, however, refused to state how much each identified district judge received due to secu-
rity concerns.
The FOI officer states, “Both their security and the risk that any threat to the safety of their families may be used to threaten their judicial inde- pendence may effect the security of the State, particularly those in po- litical cases and those in the Special Criminal Court.
‘There is a genuine concern for the personal security of judges and their families … The disclosure of infor- mation sought on an individual basis will identify those judges who are away from home frequently.”