Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not undertaking to institute a formal review. I said to Deputy Pringle I would be happy to engage further to determine the reasons the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 has had a low uptake. The Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 has been updated by a numbers of Acts, not least the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017, which placed the victim and complainant centre stage. I would have thought issues in the context of the debate surrounding that legislation might have increased the information level to ensure a greater uptake. That Act only came into force last year, so it is less than two years ago. I am not downplaying the point raised by Deputy Connolly and I will engage further.