Written answers
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Department of Justice and Equality
Legal Aid Application Numbers
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 20 September 2012 if he will provide a breakdown of practitioner's earnings (details supplied). [41336/12]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the additional information he sought is detailed below in tabular form. As stated in Parliamentary Question No. 164, legal aid is sub-divided into criminal legal aid and civil legal aid. The details are as follows:
The highest amount earned over the 12 months of 2011 by a single practitioner was €889,659.
The number of practitioners, in bands of €10,000, who were paid between €100,000 and the highest amount earned are as follows:
| €100,000 - €110,000 | 18 |
|---|---|
| €110,000 - €120,000 | 16 |
| €120,000 - €130,000 | 7 |
| €130,000 - €140,000 | 10 |
| €140,000 - €150,000 | 11 |
| €150,000 - €160,000 | 10 |
| €160,000 - €170,000 | 7 |
| €170,000 - €180,000 | 5 |
| €180,000 - €190,000 | 6 |
| €190,000 - €200,000 | 5 |
| €200,000 - €210,000 | 7 |
| €210,000 - €220,000 | 3 |
| €220,000 - €230,000 | 5 |
| €230,000 - €240,000 | 2 |
| €250,000 - €260,000 | 4 |
| €260,000 - €270,000 | 3 |
| €280,000 - €290,000 | 3 |
| €310,000 - €320,000 | 2 |
| €320,000 - €330,000 | 2 |
| €340,000 - €350,000 | 1 |
| €350,000 - €360,000 | 2 |
| €360,000 - €370,000 | 1 |
| €390,000 - €400,000 | 3 |
| €400,000 - €410,000 | 1 |
| €410,000 - €420,000 | 1 |
| €420,000 - €430,000 | 2 |
| €430,000 - €440,000 | 1 |
| €450,000 - €460,000 | 1 |
| €460,000 - €470,000 | 1 |
| €470,000 - €480,000 | 1 |
| €500,000 - €510,000 | 1 |
| €580,000 - €590,000 | 1 |
| €710,000 - €720,000 | 1 |
| €760,000 - €770,000 | 1 |
| €770,000 - €780,000 | 1 |
| €780,000 - €790,000 | 1 |
| €880,000 - €890,000 | 1 |
The highest amount earned over the 12 months of 2011 by a single practitioner was €137,085.
The number of practitioners, in bands of €10,000, who were paid between €100,000 and the highest amount earned are as follows:
| €100,000 - €110,000 | 1 |
|---|---|
| €120,000 - €130,000 | 2 |
| €130,000 - €140,000 | 1 |
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