Peace commissioner in Cork

Kieran Barrett, owner of the Orchard Bar Ballinlough is one, give them a call on (021) 429 1696, he's there pretty much every day (and the phone is fixed now :) )

It's such a ridiculous scam with no real world purpose. It's just a way to bestow power and/or money on favoured individuals!

The system should, in my opinion, be scrapped.

Is this universally true?

Commisioners of oaths get paid, though, don't they?

Either way, it's an antiquated, discriminatory system, giving certain individuals power over the rest of us, however small that power is.

Obviously, I have nothing against any peace Commisioners, I just think it's a ridiculous system.

No need to email the dept. Their list includes people who have died or moved.

If you Google its better because you will find the Commissioners who are actually alive and in the area and want to be available.

They don’t get paid money in any way, shape or form by anyone. It’s a totally voluntary job. Does this answer your universal question?

How do figure out they have power over you/us? They don’t have any power over anyone except maybe the Gardai in rare circumstances. If the Gardai want a search warrant granted under circumstances where a senior officer or Judge is unavailable to sanction it they can ask the local Peace Commissioner to sign it off. It’s a decision for the Peace Commissioner to make once the Gardai have given their reasons why they want one urgently. The Peace Commissioner can quite simply refuse to sign permission for the search warrant, no Garda can demand he/she must sign it.

Thats the only time the Peace Commissioner has any “power” over anyone.

I apologise to any peace Commisioners or their friends/family that I may have offended.

However, I still think that it is an antiquated system that, in my opinion, should be reviewed. I have nothing personal against PCs or CAs. I just don't agree with the system.

For example (for Commisioner of Oaths)

"A certificate or certificates of fitness generally signed by six members of the legal profession and six leaders of the local business community should be exhibited in the affidavit."

I just simply don't accept that members of the legal profession or business leaders are, by definition, more trustworthy than anyone else.

This is the kind of attitude that I find antiquated and wrong! It's up there with having stuff signed by a priest or "professional person".

These requirements make it almost impossible for the average person to become a commissioner of oaths. I agree that it is discriminatory.

Commissioner for oaths get paid

Sure compare apple to oranges. Carpenters and Plumbere do get real work done. Again one Commissioner for Oaths is charging 180 for 7 signatures. This thread is not solely about peace comissioner, I know they are free, but getting hold on them is really difficult unless 'you know someone'. Again, this practice is archaic.