Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor
10:00 am
Mr. Liam O'Daly:
The process is that barristers from the Law Library make it known to the Office of the Attorney General, pursuant to section 7 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974, that they are willing to act for the State. There is a form which they have to complete and they have to make known to us what type of expertise they have and whether they will take certain types of cases.
This year, we have approximately 806 applications from barristers willing to act for the State.
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