Separate arrangements exist in respect of Criminal and Civil Legal Aid. In so far as Civil Legal Aid is concerned, the position is that the Legal Aid Board provides legal advice and assistance, including Refugee Legal Services, mainly through the solicitors it employs on a full-time basis in its law centre network nationwide. In 2006, the total remuneration paid to these solicitors amounted to €8.24 million. In order to ensure that clients receive a timely service, the Board has also established panels of solicitors in private practice to complement the service provided by the law centres. These solicitors provide services in certain family law matters that come before the courts and also in appeals before the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The private solicitors remunerated by the Legal Aid Board in 2006 and the total amount paid in each case is set out in Appendix A. In certain instances these payments include financial provision for the employment of barristers where required by the solicitor in question. The total paid amounted to approximately €1.77 million. The amounts paid to solicitors in 2006 in respect of claims made on foot of legal aid certificates granted by the Courts under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 is provided in Appendix B. Information pertaining to the amounts paid to solicitors in respect of the non-statutory legal aid scheme (CAB) and the non-statutory Garda Station free legal advice scheme is not readily available and will be forwarded to the Deputy when compiled.
Appendix A
Name
|
Amount Paid
|
|
€
|
Comyn Kelleher Tobin & Company
|
86,685
|
James M Sweeney
|
85,912
|
James Watters & Company
|
82,377
|
Behan Barry Solicitors
|
72,377
|
Margaret Horan & Co
|
46,637
|
Lynch & Partners
|
44,128
|
Huggard Brennan & Murphy Solicitors
|
41,655
|
Maura Hurley
|
37,235
|
Gallagher Brennan Solicitors
|
35,647
|
Eugene G Smartt & Co
|
32,676
|
John A Sinnott & Co
|
32,575
|
Brendan P McCormack & Son
|
31,287
|
Norman Walsh Solicitor
|
26,674
|
Ceemex & Co Solicitors
|
25,038
|
Colm Burke & Co
|
21,775
|
Coghlan Kelly Solicitors
|
21,342
|
Carol A Hickey Solicitor
|
19,906
|
Doyle Fox & Associates
|
19,876
|
Fiona Forde
|
19,032
|
Michael J Needham
|
18,054
|
Sean Mulvihill & Co Solicitors
|
16,161
|
Carroll & Kelly Solicitors
|
15,623
|
Catherine M Collins & Company
|
15,186
|
David Powderly Solicitors
|
13,920
|
Karen McCarthy
|
13,539
|
Brendan Kelly
|
13,371
|
Tom Power
|
13,093
|
Agnes McKenzie
|
12,964
|
David Kent
|
12,337
|
Barry O’Meara & Son
|
12,261
|
Deirdre Keane
|
12,153
|
Paul Gormley
|
12,091
|
Colin Lynch
|
11,989
|
Patricia Holohan & Co
|
11,800
|
Niamh Cronin
|
11,060
|
Nuala Dockry
|
10,924
|
Augustus Cullen Law
|
10,740
|
Nicholas Hosey
|
10,391
|
Philomena Murnane
|
10,293
|
John Henchion & Co
|
9,680
|
Maureen Cronin
|
9,672
|
Tara Jawad-Sallar
|
9,654
|
Catherine McConville
|
9,654
|
Deirdre Cummins
|
9,322
|
Ian Kavanagh
|
9,102
|
Catherine Browne
|
9,059
|
Kenneth O’Sullivan
|
8,996
|
Finbarr Phelan Solicitor
|
8,993
|
Patrick Martin
|
8,823
|
Brian J Chesser & Co
|
8,736
|
Byron Wade
|
8,710
|
Colm O’Dwyer
|
8,645
|
Patrick Aherne
|
8,481
|
Kevin Tunney & Co
|
8,481
|
Larkin Tynan & Co
|
8,374
|
James V Healy
|
8,134
|
Burns Kelly Corrigan Solicitors
|
8,128
|
Paul Christopher
|
8,123
|
Brian Michael Cusack
|
7,999
|
Daly Lynch Crowe & Morris
|
7,999
|
Brian Leahy
|
7,949
|
James T Fahy
|
7,944
|
Stephen O’Donoghue
|
7,858
|
Mark Lord Solicitor
|
7,774
|
John Nolan & Company
|
7,774
|
Mary B McAuliffe
|
7,510
|
Deirdre O’Callaghan
|
7,479
|
Fleming O’Flaherty
|
7,421
|
S T Glazier & Co
|
7,362
|
Fergus O’Connor
|
7,316
|
Emma Donegan
|
7,139
|
Niamh Moriarty & Co
|
7,067
|
Francis B Taaffe & Co
|
6,960
|
Ted McCarthy & Co
|
6,923
|
O’Donnell Sweeney & Company
|
6,846
|
Leo Buckley
|
6,715
|
Michael B O’Donnell & Co
|
6,714
|
Elizabeth Skally
|
6,524
|
John A O’Leary & Co Solicitors
|
6,361
|
J G Skinner & Co
|
6,283
|
Kim Walley
|
6,240
|
Kieran Falvey
|
5,927
|
Louise Forrest
|
5,779
|
Peter Murray
|
5,519
|
Shane F McCarthy & Co
|
5,250
|
Patrick Duffy
|
5,193
|
Breen Geary McCarthy & Shee
|
4,947
|
F B Keating & Co
|
4,947
|
Siobhan Dunne
|
4,840
|
Michael Gillespie & Co
|
4,840
|
Shannons Solicitors
|
4,840
|
Gavin-Burke Solicitors
|
4,810
|
Martin Clarke
|
4,689
|
Doyle Flanagan Solicitors
|
4,594
|
Anthony Fay & Company
|
4,594
|
David McCoy
|
4,417
|
Paul Hughes
|
4,413
|
Padraic Lyons
|
4,413
|
Margaret O’Doherty
|
4,413
|
Virginia Cole McColgan
|
4,331
|
Roger Greene & Sons
|
4,182
|
John Cooke Solicitors
|
4,000
|
Hegarty & Co Solicitors
|
3,887
|
Hennessy Perrozzi Solicitors
|
3,887
|
Peter Leonard
|
3,875
|
Eilin O’Dea
|
3,786
|
Alice Dorris
|
3,539
|
Daly Derham & Co
|
3,534
|
Brian P Doyle & Co
|
3,534
|
Peter G Crean & Co
|
3,534
|
Doyle Solicitors
|
3,534
|
McKenna Murphy Solicitors
|
3,534
|
Fintan O’Reilly & Co
|
3,534
|
Aoife O’Leary
|
3,383
|
John F Fahy
|
3,306
|
Aine Ni Ghrainne
|
3,287
|
Patricia O’Sullivan Lacy
|
3,265
|
Eoin Lysaght & Company
|
3,181
|
Hugh J Campbell
|
3,180
|
Aine S Hogan Solicitor
|
3,180
|
Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh
|
2,944
|
Emmett J O’Brien
|
2,852
|
J J Fitzgerald & Co
|
2,827
|
Timothy J Hegarty & Son
|
2,827
|
Maguire McNiece & Co
|
2,827
|
Peter Nolan
|
2,759
|
John R Lynch & Co
|
2,758
|
Rosemary Hickey
|
2,736
|
Eoin Clifford
|
2,734
|
Mark O’Connell
|
2,486
|
Karl Finnegan
|
2,482
|
Vivian Lavan
|
2,482
|
Edward Leavy
|
2,482
|
Dearbhla Ni Ghriofa
|
2,482
|
Niall O’Driscoll
|
2,482
|
Catherine Dawson
|
2,476
|
Foley McNally Goldberg
|
2,474
|
E C Gearty & Co
|
2,474
|
Sandra Mahon Solicitor
|
2,474
|
PJ O’Driscoll & Sons
|
2,474
|
Quinn Dillon & Company
|
2,474
|
Ann-Marie Courell
|
2,467
|
Maria C Lane
|
2,291
|
Bridget Bermingham
|
2,207
|
Michael C O’Connor
|
2,207
|
Martine O’Connor
|
2,207
|
Jason Stewart
|
2,207
|
English Leahy Donovan & Co
|
2,123
|
Sinead Bradley & Company
|
2,120
|
Martin A Harvey & Co
|
2,120
|
Rita Martin & Co Solicitors
|
2,120
|
Fiona Kelly
|
2,120
|
Brid Minnagh & Associates
|
2,120
|
Antonia Boyle
|
2,052
|
Michael Devoy
|
2,052
|
Siobhan Phelan
|
1,934
|
Eithne Casey
|
1,931
|
Eilis Brennan
|
1,931
|
Elizabeth Buckley
|
1,931
|
Conor Power
|
1,931
|
Martin Crotty
|
1,824
|
Finbar O’Connor
|
1,824
|
Sarah Coleman
|
1,793
|
Lynch Bradley & Co
|
1,767
|
D M Burke & Co
|
1,767
|
Andrew D’Arcy & Co Solicitors
|
1,767
|
(Yvonne) Hennessy & Co Solicitors
|
1,767
|
Miriam McGillycuddy & Co
|
1,767
|
John O’Leary
|
1,767
|
Don Ryan & Co
|
1,767
|
Sara Phelan
|
1,691
|
Fiona Crawford
|
1,655
|
Edward Dwyer
|
1,655
|
Mary Feeney
|
1,655
|
Annette Kealy
|
1,655
|
Ruth Mylotte
|
1,655
|
Majella Twomey
|
1,655
|
Liam Dockery
|
1,596
|
Teresa Blake
|
1,564
|
J D Lucey & Co
|
1,414
|
Grainne Aylmer
|
1,413
|
Dairine Mac Fadden Solicitors
|
1,413
|
Catherine White
|
1,380
|
Sarah Fallon
|
1,379
|
Alan Buckley
|
1,368
|
Deirdre Creighton
|
1,368
|
Fiona Gallagher
|
1,368
|
Phelim Molony
|
1,368
|
James Canny Solicitor
|
1,312
|
Paul McLoughlin
|
1,140
|
Peter O’Brien
|
1,140
|
Pauline Kennedy Solicitor
|
1,121
|
Robert Beatty
|
1,103
|
Nicholas Donnelly
|
1,103
|
Elaine Fahey
|
1,103
|
Anthony Goodwin
|
1,103
|
Rebecca Graydon
|
1,103
|
Barbara McGrath
|
1,103
|
Conor O’Briain & Co
|
1,103
|
Jarlath Ryan
|
1,103
|
Donal T Ryan Solicitors
|
1,082
|
Dr Dan Crowle
|
1,060
|
Jeremiah M Cronin & Co
|
1,060
|
Fair & Murtagh
|
1,060
|
Hartnett Hayes Solicitors
|
1,060
|
Eamonn Hayes & Co
|
1,060
|
Hutchinson Davidson & Son
|
1,060
|
MacCarthy Baker & Co
|
1,060
|
Madden & Associates
|
1,060
|
O’Brien & O’Doherty
|
1,060
|
David J O’Meara & Son
|
1,060
|
James A Sheridan
|
1,060
|
John Shee & Co
|
1,060
|
Liam Bell
|
1,013
|
Sean (John) Rooney
|
1,008
|
Neasa Bird
|
912
|
David Brophy
|
912
|
Emma L Callanan
|
912
|
Sheena Greene
|
912
|
Nollaig Lane
|
912
|
Mark Lynam
|
912
|
Judith Maher
|
912
|
Garrett McCormack
|
912
|
Emmet M Nolan
|
912
|
Lynn O’Sullivan
|
912
|
Jennifer A Rafter
|
912
|
Seamus O Scott
|
912
|
Benen Fahy Associates
|
905
|
Mark Byrne
|
827
|
Dara Dowling
|
827
|
Gerard Meehan
|
827
|
Jadel Naidoo
|
827
|
Paul O’Shea
|
827
|
Michael Ryan
|
827
|
Gillian Reid
|
782
|
Maureen Harewood
|
782
|
David R Burke & Co
|
707
|
Casey & Co
|
707
|
Connolly Sullivan Solicitors
|
707
|
Thomas Coughlan & Co Solicitors
|
707
|
Patrick Duffy Solicitors
|
707
|
Farrell McDonnell Sweeney & Co
|
707
|
Gallagher McCartney Solicitors
|
707
|
Peter H Jones & Co
|
707
|
Joseph M Jordan & Company
|
707
|
Shane Kennedy & Co
|
707
|
Dolph McGrath
|
707
|
Brid Miller Solicitor
|
707
|
Eoin O’Connor & Company
|
707
|
O’Donovan Murphy & Partners
|
707
|
O’Donnell Breen-Walsh O’Donoghue
|
707
|
John J Quinn & Co
|
707
|
Quirke Solicitors
|
707
|
David Walsh & Co Solicitors
|
707
|
John Gerard Cullen Solicitors
|
647
|
Niall F Buckley
|
552
|
Mairead Carey
|
552
|
Terrence Coghlan
|
552
|
Aideen Collard
|
552
|
James Dwyer
|
552
|
Mervyn Hickey
|
552
|
Padraig Hughes
|
552
|
Melissa McSharry
|
552
|
John Morrissey
|
552
|
(Alison) Jane O’Neill
|
552
|
Christina Ryan
|
552
|
Jim Sharkey
|
552
|
Elizabeth Jane Walsh
|
552
|
Andrew Beck
|
552
|
Caroline Counihan
|
540
|
Sean Walsh
|
531
|
Joseph O’Sullivan
|
461
|
Mellissa English
|
460
|
Glen Gibbons
|
460
|
Stephen Boggs
|
456
|
Erika Bradley
|
456
|
James Burke
|
456
|
Daniel Coyle
|
456
|
Cathy Cruess Callaghan
|
456
|
Alison De Bruir
|
456
|
Aisiling Dillon
|
456
|
Brian Dunphy
|
456
|
Rory Hanniffy
|
456
|
Kerry Johnson
|
456
|
Nessa Kiernan
|
456
|
Fiona Kilgarriff
|
456
|
David Leonard
|
456
|
Maureen Lynam Jacobs
|
456
|
Rebecca MacCana
|
456
|
Leo Mulrooney
|
456
|
Conor O’Doherty
|
456
|
Sarah Osborne
|
456
|
Fiona Sage
|
456
|
Elaine Slattery
|
456
|
Ciaran Smith
|
456
|
Margaret J Walsh
|
456
|
D’Arcy & Co Solicitors
|
412
|
Matthew J Breslin
|
353
|
Patrick Buckley & Co Solicitors
|
353
|
Collins Solicitors
|
353
|
Richard Cooke & Co
|
353
|
Felton McKnight & Co
|
353
|
Flanagan & Co Solicitors
|
353
|
Adrian Greaney & Co
|
353
|
Hughes Kehoe & Co
|
353
|
Liam Keane & Co Solicitors
|
353
|
Kelly Caulfield Shaw
|
353
|
Joseph Lavan
|
353
|
Lees Solicitors
|
353
|
MacGrath & Co
|
353
|
Florence G McCarthy
|
353
|
Gerard L Mc Gowan
|
353
|
McGovern & Associates
|
353
|
John Nash Solicitor
|
353
|
Patricia O’Connor & Co
|
353
|
O’Leary Arnold & Company
|
353
|
Helen Salmon Solicitor
|
353
|
Wilkie & Flanagan Solicitors
|
353
|
Kelley Smith
|
276
|
William Fitzgerald
|
276
|
Kira Byrne
|
228
|
Kieran O’Callaghan
|
228
|
Caoilte O’Connor
|
115
|
Total Paid
|
1,770,008
|