Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion
Mr. William Morrin:
I can speak from a lived experience of that. I no longer practise criminal law because it is not economical for me to do so. We have been discussing the restoration of fees. Efficiency is a problem as well. Barristers in the District Court provide the efficiency to generate cases through the courts. Like triage, cases start in the District Court. However, when barristers like me are not getting paid or are not getting paid enough, they leave. I have left.
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