425. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to address the operational and financial impact on legal practitioners following the restructuring of the criminal legal aid scheme on 1 July 2026; if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the long-term viability of the system and the risk of reduced access to legal representation in smaller court ve…
Topics / Legal Aid
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsLegal Aid
180 questions from 41 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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172 written, 8 oral
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| May 2025 | 5 |
| June 2025 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 4 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 13 |
| October 2025 | 5 |
| November 2025 | 10 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 30 |
| April 2026 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 20 |
| June 2026 | 19 |
| July 2026 | 10 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 24 |
| October 2026 | 15 |
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282. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has conducted any workforce planning exercise, manpower assessment, service-capacity review or similar exercise relating to the future provision of criminal legal aid services since 1 January 2020; the dates on which such reviews were completed; if he will provide details of the principal findings; if his Departm…
283. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether statistics are maintained regarding criminal proceedings adjourned due to difficulties in securing legal representation under the criminal legal aid scheme; and, if so, the number of such adjournments recorded in each of the last five years, in tabular form. [66124/26]
284. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether risks relating to the availability, recruitment or retention of solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work have been identified in any departmental risk assessment, risk register or business planning document since 1 January 2021. [66125/26]
285. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of recruitment and retention trends among solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work since 1 January 2022; and if he will provide details of any such assessment. [66126/26]
856. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court, by county, for the months of July and August 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64714/26]
857. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificate granted in the District Court, by county for the months of July and August 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter [64713/26]
858. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64712/26]
859. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court in August 2025 and August 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64711/26]
860. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court in July 2025 and July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64710/26]
900. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of resignations received from the Criminal Legal Aid panel since 1 July 2026. [65074/26]
904. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates issued in each month of 2025 and in each month to date in 2026, in tabular form. [65054/26]
915. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the methodology and underlying calculation used by his Department to produce the 'weighted average number of appearances’ (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65138/26]
926. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he will engage in dialogue with legal practitioners to bring the current legal aid scheme dispute to an end. [65333/26]
319. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of the names of solicitors that are included on the Criminal Legal Aid panel as of 10 July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54190/26]
320. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a list of the names of all solicitors that are included on the Criminal Legal Aid panel as of 10 July 2026, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54191/26]
321. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of the number of criminal legal aid certificates that have being issued, by county, since 1 July 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54192/26]
540. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of solicitors who have formally resigned or withdrawn from the criminal legal aid panel since 1 July 2026, broken down by county; the number of solicitors currently on the panel in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53076/26]
588. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount paid in criminal legal aid fees in the District Court in each year from 2015 to 2025; the number of cases handled in each of those years; to provide for each year the increase due to fee changes resulting from the reversal of FEMPI cuts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53672/26]
1. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any assessment has been made of the risk that the proposed changes to the criminal legal aid scheme could result in reduced participation by solicitors in criminal legal aid work; the implications of any such reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49647/26]
33. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has engaged with the Law Society of Ireland following the commencement of industrial action by some solicitors; whether the changes to the legal aid structure will go ahead as planned on 1 July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49235/26]
40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will reform the scheme for civil legal aid so that social welfare, employment, discrimination and landlord/tenant law are included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49379/26]
57. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will increase funding for the Legal Aid Board to reduce waiting times, increase the income limit and provide access to justice for people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49378/26]
73. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on whether the proposed changes to the criminal legal aid system risks delaying justice for victims and witnesses; and the updates, if any, on the changes to the scheme. [49883/26]
556. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of accused persons his Department anticipates will be unable to secure legal representation in the District Court following the introduction of the single set-fee model on 1 July 2026; the modelling underlying that estimate; and, if no such estimate has been made, the reason no assessment was undertaken prior to the introduc…