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. Kevin Condon:
That is exactly the case. I am consulting a note. The purpose of subhead 4 is to reflect the position following the Supreme Court judgment in Carmody. It is intended to deal with that situation where counsel is assigned and for it to be put on a statutory footing, the same as the other schemes.
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