Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which his Department has provided funding for free legal aid in criminal cases in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16582/04]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The cost of criminal legal aid between 1999 and 2003 was: 1999, €22.45 million; 2000, €25.11 million; 2001, €25.19 million; 2002, €28.88 million; and 2003, €37.35 million.