Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 12:

In page 32, after line 42, to insert the following:“(iv) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3):

“(4) Where on or after the establishment day --

(a) an appeal before the Supreme Court is subsequently determinable by the Court of Appeal pursuant to a direction given under Article 64.3.1° of the Constitution or an order made under Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution, or

(b) an application to the Supreme Court seeking leave to appeal against a decision of the High Court is refused by the Supreme Court and an appeal against the decision of the High Court is subsequently brought to the Court of Appeal, and a legal aid (Supreme Court) certificate was granted in respect of the person the subject of the appeal referred to in paragraph (a) or the application referred to in paragraph (b), as the case may be, a legal aid (appeal) certificate or a legal aid (case stated appeal) certificate, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been granted in respect of the person in relation to the proceedings before the Court of Appeal.

(5) In this section “the establishment day” has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014.”,”.

Amendment agreed to.

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