Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
9:00 am
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
The committee might write to the Department of Justice and Equality to get an indicative timescale for this project. We will write separately to the Department as a result of what Ms Kiely has said.
I raise an issue that has always interested me. When somebody is prosecuted and has to engage counsel at their own cost, who pays the defence costs if the case does not stand up in court?
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