Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor

10:00 am

Photo of Derek NolanDerek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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To bring the Chairman back again - I will finish on this because I have had 40 minutes - I understand the point about indicative scales of salaries, but it seems that, while recognising expertise, the solemnity of the job and the eminence of the persons required, there are many solicitors and barristers who should be able to compete a little more on cost in the systems that are in place.