Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have many briefing papers here, in different contexts, and I read one in particular because it applied to Deputy O'Callaghan's recent Bill. That paper refers to the fact that the take-up of this legal advice is relatively low, with only one application in 2018 and four in 2017. Amnesty International, in 2005, stated of the provision: "In practice, this provision has not been used and victims are generally unaware of its existence." Does that concern Mr. McDaid?

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