Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project

11:20 am

Photo of Derek NolanDerek Nolan (Galway West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The office's counsel bill is down by 46%, which must be acknowledged. Is that as a result of the office reducing the fees it is paying by a straight cut or is it through skill mixes such as hiring a junior counsel when once a senior counsel was hired? As a result of this reduction, do senior or junior counsel refuse to work for the office as the fees are too low?

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