Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project
1:10 pm
Ms Eileen Creedon:
There is a statutory provision that underpins this, namely, the 1974 Prosecution of Offences Act, which applies to both the Attorney General and the director, under which they are obliged, as far as possible, to spread nominations across as wide a range of counsel as they can. Panels of counsel are created and nominated for various areas of work. That is the basic way the system works at the moment.