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Tuesday, 24 September 2019

Department of Justice and Equality

Legal Aid Service Data

Photo of Kathleen FunchionKathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of solicitors, paralegal and administrative staff participating on the free Legal Aid Board by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38414/19]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Legal Aid Board and they have provided the information in the following tables:

County Location Admin Staff Paralegal Solicitor
Cavan Cavan Law Centre 2 1 2
Clare Ennis Law Centre 4 1 3
Cork Cork North Law Centre 6 3 8
Cork Cork South Law Centre 6 3 7
Donegal Letterkenny 4 4
Dublin Blanchardstown Law Centre 4 1 3
Dublin Child Abduction Unit 3 1 3
Dublin Clondalkin Law Centre 5 1 2
Dublin Criminal Legal Aid 8 0 0
Dublin Finglas Law Centre 4 1 3
Dublin IT Dublin 7 0 0
Dublin Jervis Law Centre 5 1 5
Dublin Medical Negligence Unit 2 2 4
Dublin Research Learning & Development 10 0 0
Dublin Smithfield Law Centre 11 11 14
Dublin Tallaght Law Centre 4 1 4
Dublin Head Office Smithfield 10 2 2
Galway Seville House 4 4 5
Galway Francis Street 5 3 6
Kerry Cahirciveen Head Office 49 0 1
Kerry Tralee Law Centre 3 2 4
Kildare Newbridge Law Centre 3 1 4
Kilkenny Kilkenny Law Centre 5 1 4
Laois Portlaoise Law Centre 4 1 3
Limerick Limerick Law Centre 5 2 4
Longford Longford Law Centre 4 4
Louth Dundalk Law Centre 3 1 2
Mayo Castlebar Law Centre 5 1 3
Meath Navan Law Centre 5 1 2
Monaghan Monaghan Law Centre 4 2 3
Offaly Tullamore Law Centre 3 1 2
Sligo Sligo Law Centre 3 2 2
Tipperary Nenagh Law Centre 4 2 4
Waterford Waterford Law Centre 4 2 3
Westmeath Athlone Law Centre 5 0 4
Wexford Wexford Law Centre 3 2 4
Wicklow Wicklow Law Centre 4 1 4

Below: The number of solicitors offering services via the Board’s private practitioner panels per county.

District Court Panel Circuit Court Panel District Court Childcare

Pilot Panel*
Coroner’s Court Panel International Protection

Panel**
Abhaile Panel
Carlow31 7 26
Cavan29 4 1 29
Clare25 8 32
Cork83 12 3 30 43
Donegal30 4 24 3 22
Dublin189 15 51 2 59 88
Galway56 16 29 37
Kerry39 8 17
Kildare69 11 45
Kilkenny22 4 32
Laois32 5 28
Leitrim30 8 25
Limerick39 10 2 24
Longford29 5 1 21
Louth52 3 2 31
Mayo14 15 4 27
Meath65 4 2 41
Monaghan18 1 36
Offaly32 3 28
Roscommon43 15 25
Sligo25 8 1 19
Tipperary21 10 1 49
Waterford24 6 27
Westmeath43 6 1 27
Wexford27 5 11 25
Wicklow54 9 1 32

* The Childcare Private Practitioner panel is currently operating on a pilot basis in three counties.

** The Board offers legal services to International protection clients via three of its law centres and maintains a private practitioner panel on this basis also.

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