Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have a review concluding now. It is looking at legal aid, our overall structures and the types of people who can access legal aid, as well as other elements in this regard. This will probably propose several recommendations or changes. In recent years, however, I have tried to assist where there have been blockages in certain categories or at certain levels, be these in relation to pay or otherwise, and to provide an increase where necessary or provide assistance in the form of funding that will allow for the removal of blockages in this regard in certain recruitment areas or in certain levels of recruitment. We are, though, in an environment of full employment and this is reflected across many different elements of the justice system, including, obviously, legal professionals.