Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 May 2023
269. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the amounts paid to private practitioners by year in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form, indicating the amount paid to each of the top ten recipients of fees, by the practitioner name and fees in those years (details supplied). [20250/23]
View answerThe Legal Aid Board (the Board) provides legal advice and aid under the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 and the Civil Legal Aid Regulations 1996-2021. The Board, which is statutorily independent, delivers these services through directly employed solicitors in its network of law centres around the country and private solicitors from its private practitioner panels.
The Board has established a number of solicitor panels for different case types. Solicitors in private practice agree to be members of those panels and are paid fees per case depending on the terms and conditions of each panel.
Schedules A-E set out in tabular format the ten firms of solicitors who have, in total over the period 1st January 2021 to 25th April 2023, been paid the highest total amount of fees in respect of each panel, and with a breakdown of that amount into fees paid during 2021, 2022, and from 1st January to 25thApril 2023. Please note that the Assisted Decision Making Panel was established on 26th April 2023 and therefore no payments were made in respect of this Panel during the period concerned.
Schedule A – Ten highest earning payees under the District Court Family Law Solicitors Panel
|
Private Practitioners – District Court Private Family Law |
2021 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Sandra McAleer |
268,020 |
|
John A O'Leary & Co. Solicitors |
50,056 |
|
John Battles & Co |
44,959 |
|
KOD Lyons Solicitors |
39,109 |
|
Kevin Tunney & Co |
37,206 |
|
Flanagan Lavery Solicitors |
33,333 |
|
Morrissey & Co. Solicitors |
31,487 |
|
Diane Hallahan |
30,668 |
|
Thomasina Connell & Co |
28,012 |
|
Gerard J. Meehan & Co. Solicitors |
25,542 |
|
Private Practitioners – District Court Private Family Law |
2022 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Sandra McAleer |
289,887 |
|
John Battles & Co |
56,475 |
|
Gerard J. Meehan & Co. Solicitors |
46,992 |
|
Kevin Tunney & Co |
45,435 |
|
Thomasina Connell & Co |
44,382 |
|
KOD Lyons Solicitors |
41,317 |
|
Flanagan Lavery Solicitors |
39,485 |
|
John A O'Leary & Co. Solicitors |
36,668 |
|
Shannons Solicitors |
36,466 |
|
Sweeney McGann Solicitors |
30,744 |
|
Private Practitioners – District Court Private Family Law |
To End Feb. 2023 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Sandra McAleer |
55,006 |
|
John A O'Leary & Co. Solicitors |
10,418 |
|
Johnston Solicitors |
7,501 |
|
John Battles & Co |
7,086 |
|
Morrissey Minchin Solicitors |
6,877 |
|
Denis J Keane Solicitor |
6,357 |
|
Shannons Solicitors |
6,044 |
|
P Tiernan & Co |
5,941 |
|
Buckley Law Solicitors |
5,937 |
|
Flanagan Lavery Solicitors |
5,731 |
Schedule B – Ten highest earning payees under the Abhaile Solicitors Panel
|
Abhaile |
|
|
Private Practitioner Consultation Solicitor |
2021 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Catherine Allison & Co |
8,733 |
|
Louisa C. McKeon & Company Solicitors |
8,610 |
|
Alan McGee & Co Solicitors |
7,995 |
|
Kayanne Horgan Solicitors |
6,664 |
|
Anthony Joyce & Co |
4,603 |
|
Emma Coffey Solicitors |
3,978 |
|
McMahon O'Brien Tynan Solicitors |
3,378 |
|
Stafford & Company Solicitors |
3,075 |
|
Browne Legal Solicitors |
2,763 |
|
Byrne & O'Sullivan Solicitors |
2,153 |
|
Abhaile |
|
|
Private Practitioner Consultation Solicitor |
2022 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Alan McGee & Co Solicitors |
21,525.00 |
|
Molloy Murphy |
16,297.50 |
|
Anthony Joyce & Co |
9,532.50 |
|
Catherine Allison & Co |
8,917.50 |
|
Kayanne Horgan Solicitors |
5,227.50 |
|
Nigel D Allen & Co |
4,182.00 |
|
Browne Legal Solicitors |
2,460.00 |
|
Louisa C. McKeon & Company Solicitors |
2,460.00 |
|
Kieran O'Gorman |
2,460.00 |
|
Barrett & Co Solicitors |
2,152.50 |
|
Abhaile |
|
|
Private Practitioner Consultation Solicitor |
To end-Feb. 2023 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Anthony Joyce & Co |
1,538 |
|
Cashin Clancy Solicitors |
923 |
|
Browne Legal Solicitors |
615 |
|
Larkin Tynan Nohilly |
615 |
|
Nigel D Allen & Co |
554 |
|
Barrett & Co Solicitors |
308 |
|
Eamonn Bennett |
308 |
|
Byrne & O'Sullivan Solicitors |
308 |
|
Canny Corbett Solicitors |
308 |
|
Liam R Fitzgerald |
308 |
|
Abhaile |
|
|
Private Practitioner Personal Insolvency Arrangement Review |
2021 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Anthony Joyce & Co |
374,529 |
|
Hanlon & Company Solicitors |
204,077 |
|
Alan McGee & Co Solcitors |
147,376 |
|
Elizabeth Howard & Co Solicitors |
119,202 |
|
Carley & Associates Solicitors |
110,155 |
|
Catherine Allison & Co |
91,284 |
|
Louisa C. McKeon & Company Solicitors |
87,027 |
|
Kayanne Horgan Solicitors |
55,672 |
|
Gibson & Associates Solicitors |
43,076 |
|
Holohan Solicitors |
22,085 |
|
Abhaile |
|
|
Private Practitioner Personal Insolvency Arrangement Review |
2022 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Anthony Joyce & Co |
429,023 |
|
Catherine Allison & Co |
128,652 |
|
Alan McGee & Co Solicitors |
92,336 |
|
Louisa C. McKeon & Company Solicitors |
72,511 |
|
Gibson & Associates Solicitors |
67,847 |
|
Carley & Associates Solicitors |
51,136 |
|
Hanlon & Company Solicitors |
36,980 |
|
Ashtown Gate Solicitors |
35,092 |
|
Kayanne Horgan Solicitors |
27,226 |
|
Brady Kilroy Solicitors |
11,359 |
|
Abhaile |
|
|
Private Practitioner Personal Insolvency Arrangement Review |
To end-Feb. 2023 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Anthony Joyce & Co |
31,210 |
|
Louisa C. McKeon & Company Solicitors |
17,411 |
|
Hanlon & Company Solicitors |
14,723 |
|
Kayanne Horgan Solicitors |
14,139 |
|
Carley & Associates Solicitors |
6,076 |
|
Catherine Allison & Co |
5,258 |
Schedule C – Ten highest earning payees under the International Protection Solicitors Panel
|
International Protection – Private Practitioner District |
2021 |
|
International Protection – Private Practitioner District |
2021 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
James Watters & Company |
100,712 |
|
Siobhan Conlon |
55,401 |
|
Hegarty-Blacklock & Company Solicitors |
46,768 |
|
Burns Kelly Corrigan Solicitors |
45,822 |
|
KOD Lyons Solicitors |
43,347 |
|
Conor O'Briain |
41,867 |
|
Seamus O'Halloran |
36,174 |
|
Mannix & Co Solicitors |
35,011 |
|
Cristina Stamatescu Solicitors |
33,635 |
|
Cyril & Co Solicitors |
30,012 |
|
International Protection – Private Practitioner District |
2022 |
|
International Protection – Private Practitioner District |
2022 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
James Watters & Company |
172,046 |
|
Hegarty-Blacklock & Company Solicitors |
153,947 |
|
Siobhan Conlon |
94,753 |
|
Cyril & Co Solicitors |
88,714 |
|
Trayers & Company Solicitors |
86,223 |
|
Cristina Stamatescu Solicitors |
73,751 |
|
KOD Lyons Solicitors |
70,264 |
|
Ferrys Solicitors |
64,261 |
|
Niall J Walsh |
61,309 |
|
Hugh McCabe Solicitors |
50,344 |
|
International Protection - Private Practitioner District |
To end-Feb. 2023 |
|
International Protection - Private Practitioner District |
To end-Feb. 2023 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Ferrys Solicitors |
73,597 |
|
Hegarty-Blacklock & Company Solicitors |
55,830 |
|
Burns Kelly Corrigan Solicitors |
40,529 |
|
James Watters & Company |
34,858 |
|
KOD Lyons Solicitors |
25,941 |
|
Daly Khurshid Solicitors LLP |
24,551 |
|
Niall J Walsh |
17,466 |
|
Daly Lynch Crowe & Morris LLP |
13,739 |
|
Cyril & Co Solicitors |
13,721 |
|
Siobhan Conlon |
13,395 |
Schedule D – Ten highest earning payees under the Circuit Court Judicial Separation and Divorce Solicitors Panel
|
Private Practitioners - Circuit Court |
2021 |
|
Private Practitioners - Circuit Court |
2021 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
John A. Sinnott & Company |
4,663 |
|
Eugene G Smartt & Company |
4,529 |
|
Peter Doyle Solicitors |
4,165 |
|
Dunne Law Solicitors - Siobhan Dunne |
4,165 |
|
Margaret Horan & Co |
4,165 |
|
Rachel O'Toole |
4,165 |
|
John J Quinn & Company |
4,165 |
|
Karen M O' Neill & Co |
2,082 |
|
David J. O'Meara & Son |
520 |
|
Burns Nowlan LLP |
417 |
|
Private Practitioners - Circuit Court |
2022 |
|
Private Practitioners - Circuit Court |
2022 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Colm Burke & Company |
17,023 |
|
Margaret Horan & Co |
16,659 |
|
Rachel O'Toole |
15,119 |
|
Eugene G Smartt & Company |
14,577 |
|
Eamonn Bennett |
10,932 |
|
John A. Sinnott & Company |
9,483 |
|
Conor Bass Solicitors |
8,330 |
|
Thomas Coughlan & Co Solicitors |
8,330 |
|
Margaret MacEvilly |
8,330 |
|
Hegarty & Co. Solicitors |
7,288 |
|
Private Practitioners - Circuit Court |
To end-Feb. 2023 |
|
Private Practitioners - Circuit Court |
To end-Feb. 2023 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Fidelma T Bane |
4,893 |
|
Margaret Horan & Co |
4,165 |
|
Rachel O'Toole |
4,165 |
Schedule E– Ten highest earning payees under the Child Care Pilot Panel & Public Law Child Care Solicitors Panel (combined), 1 st January 2021 – 25 th April 2023
|
Private Practitioners - Childcare Private Practitioners District |
2021 |
|
Private Practitioners - Childcare Private Practitioners District |
2021 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Pól Ó'Murchú |
113,501 |
|
KOD Lyons Solicitors |
57,134 |
|
Jeremiah Breen |
15,437 |
|
David Henry & Co. Solicitors |
10,701 |
|
Murphy Coady & Company |
7,503 |
|
P A Dorrian & Co |
7,442 |
|
Coyle & Co Solicitors |
5,843 |
|
Dunne Law Solicitors - Siobhan Dunne |
5,289 |
|
Gallagher Brennan Solicitors |
3,523 |
|
Daly Lynch Crowe & Morris LLP |
3,260 |
|
Private Practitioners - Childcare Private Practitioner District |
2022 |
|
Private Practitioners - Childcare Private Practitioner District |
2022 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Pól Ó'Murchú |
80,134.50 |
|
KOD Lyons Solicitors |
32,533.50 |
|
McGrath & Associates |
15,190.50 |
|
Gallagher Brennan Solicitors |
12,607.50 |
|
P A Dorrian & Co |
11,562.00 |
|
McIntyre O'Brien |
6,334.50 |
|
McCoy Solicitors |
4,735.50 |
|
Kieran O'Gorman |
4,674.00 |
|
James Watters & Company |
1,968.00 |
|
Stafford Legal Solicitors |
1,783.50 |
|
Private Practitioners - Childcare Private Practioner District |
To end-Feb. 2023 |
|
Private Practitioners - Childcare Private Practioner District |
To end-Feb. 2023 |
|
Supplier |
€ |
|
Pól Ó'Murchú |
6,765 |
|
P A Dorrian & Co |
5,289 |
|
Michael O'Connor Solicitors |
2,153 |
|
Jeremiah Breen |
984 |
Note: The Child Care Pilot Panel came to an end except for the conclusion of existing cases on 1 October 2022 and was replaced by the Public Law Child Care Solicitors Panel.
