Written answers
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Department of Justice and Equality
Legal Aid
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the amounts paid through the legal aid scheme to defence counsel in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43989/23]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, fees to counsel are set by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Department of Justice pays the defence counsel in parity to the prosecution in accordance with Statutory Instrument 234 of 1976 as amended.
The Table below sets out the fees paid to Counsel as requested.
Year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 (to date) | 2023 (projected) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counsel | €24.4m | €23.1m | €23.3m | €27.9m | €28.9m | €25.6m | €38.4m |
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