Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons working for the Legal Aid Board that are unpaid and-or receive expenses only and-or are classified as intern in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41363/19]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Legal Aid Board and they have provided the following information regarding the number of persons concerned: 

This includes volunteer solicitors, volunteer paralegals, volunteer secondary school students and volunteer third level students.