Figures supplied by the Legal Aid Board for the number of solicitors in each of its law centres and for its central and specialist units for the years from 2013 - 2018 (inclusive) are set out in the following table.
I am advised by the Board that it will carry out recruitment activity over the next three years, including in relation to solicitor grades, within its allocated resources and that recruitment requirements at solicitor grades will be kept under on-going review.
Law Centres
|
Total Solicitors
2013
|
Total Solicitors
2014
|
Total Solicitors
2015
|
Total Solicitors
2016
|
Total Solicitors
2017
|
Total Solicitors
2018
|
Athlone Law Centre
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
Blanchardstown Law Centre
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
Brunswick Street Law Centre
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
Castlebar Law Centre
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
Cavan Law Centre
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Clondalkin Law Centre
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
Cork North Law Centre
|
8
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
Cork South Law Centre
|
8
|
9
|
8
|
8
|
9
|
8
|
District Court Service
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
Dundalk Law Centre
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
Ennis Law Centre
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
Finglas Law Centre
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
Galway (Seville House)
|
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
Galway Law Centre
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
Gardiner Street Law Centre
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
George's Lane Law Centre
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Head of Civil Operations
|
1
|
1
|
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Kilkenny Law Centre
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
LAB-HQ
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legal Services Unit 3
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Letterkenny Law Centre
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
Limerick Law Centre
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
Longford Law Centre
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
Medical Negligence Unit
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
Monaghan Law Centre
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
Navan Law Centre
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
Nenagh Law Centre
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
Newbridge Law Centre
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
Personal Injuries Unit
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Portlaoise Law Centre
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
Private Practitioner Scheme
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
RLS Children
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
RLS Cork and Galway
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
RLS General
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
RLS Judicial Review
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sligo Law Centre
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Smithfield Law Centre
|
1
|
15
|
17
|
18
|
17
|
18
|
Tallaght Law Centre
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
Tralee Law Centre
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
Tullamore Law Centre
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
Waterford Law Centre
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
Wexford Law Centre
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
Wicklow Law Centre
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
Total
|
128
|
128
|
138
|
143
|
146
|
150
|