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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: The committee might write to the Department of Justice and Equality to get an indicative timescale for this project. We will write separately to the Department as a result of what Ms Kiely has said. I raise an issue that has always interested me. When somebody is prosecuted and has to engage counsel at their own cost, who pays the defence costs if the case does not stand up in court?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: By and large, there is no great means test for legal aid in the Circuit Court. There is in the District Court because if one has a bit of an income, one will not get legal aid.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: In which courts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is in spite of the fact that the person may have had the benefit of free legal aid.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is in the Circuit Court, the High Court or the Supreme Court.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Why would they not get legal aid in the Circuit Court, the High Court or the Supreme Court?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Members of this House have got free legal aid in the Circuit Court because their salary was not deemed adequate to meet the costs that can be incurred in the Circuit Court. One would want to be very wealthy not to get one's costs in the Circuit Court or free legal aid. Does Mr. Donoghue know how many people are not covered by free legal aid? Who would know the answer to that question?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is another letter we will send to get that information. It seems to be difficult not to get it in the----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is the picture I am trying to drag out.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have a few questions for the Office of the Attorney General. As individual Deputies, we often receive complaints about local sports club being unable to get lottery grant approval because it has been held up in the Chief State Solicitor's office. What is the story on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Do many of these cases come before the Chief State Solicitor's office each year? There must be an indication because I am sure parliamentary questions are frequently tabled on the matter, given that grants are being paid again.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes, please send them in writing in the next week. I do not need it now but it is a recurring issue. What kind of advice is given to Government bodies on acquiring commercial leases, licences and so on? Which office does that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: A Department might have an issue with an important transaction involving, for example, the acquisition of leasehold interests for office space. Does the Chief State Solicitor's office advise many Departments on that sort of matter, and which Departments has the office advised in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Chief State Solicitor's office provided legal advice to the OPW on the Miesian Plaza, for example, rather than the OPW procuring its own independent legal advice.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Has the CSSO advised the State on the Apple case at the European Court of Justice?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Which office handles it legally from the State's point of view?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Which office is the lead in the legal case on behalf of Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I do not need to know the name. I just want to know which office is leading the case.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does it also advise the Government in cases such as the North East Pylon Pressure Campaign limited and Anor v. An Bord Pleanála, where the case was referred to the European Court of Justice in respect of environmental proceedings?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is the case involving a person appealing extradition to Poland because he did not regard the judiciary in Poland as independent under the remit of the Attorney General?