Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister needs to cap the fees by setting a maximum fee for senior counsel and junior counsel.

I hope the Minister will advertise publicly for the services of senior counsel and solicitors who will be placed on a panel to act for the State. We recently learned that child services were being fleeced in terms of legal fees at a time of great financial scarcity in that sector.

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