Conor McGuinness (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total funding allocated to the Legal Aid Board for 2024 and 2025. [26909/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Legal Aid Board is the statutory, independent body responsible for the provision of civil legal aid and advice to persons of modest means, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”) and the Civil Legal Aid Regulations 1996 to 2021. Section 3(3) of the 1995 Act states that the Board shall, subject to the provisions of the Act, be independent in the exercise of its functions.

I am advised that the funding allocated to the Legal Aid Board for 2024 was €59.12 million. The funding allocated for 2025 is €64.12 million, which represents an increase of €5 million on its allocation for 2024. The matter of resource allocation is, however, an operational matter for the Board, in accordance with the provisions of the 1995 Act.