Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)

4:00 pm

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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There are approximately 230 staff working in the Chief State Solicitor's office at the moment. To be exact, the figure is 225, out of a complement of 243. There is a difficulty with appointing solicitors to the office at the moment. The office is trying to deal with that and to hold on to its young solicitors who can get far higher salaries in the private sector.