asked the Minister for Justice the total amount of fees over £5,000 paid to barristers and solicitors under the free Criminal Legal Aid Scheme in 1981; and the total figure for each of the three years prior to 1981.
Written Answers. - Criminal Legal Aid Scheme.
367.
As the Deputy will be aware, the granting of criminal legal aid is decided solely by the courts and my Department have no control over it.
The total amounts of fees over £5,000 paid to (a) barristers and (b) solicitors under the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme in 1981 were as follows:—
|
(a) Barristers Senior Counsel |
£ |
|
P. Carney |
15,818.25 |
|
J. Carroll |
9,993.46 |
|
J. Lovett-Dolan |
11,329.50 |
|
S. Egan |
15,037.30 |
|
E. Fitzsimons |
10,122.00 |
|
R. Mackey |
8,839.95 |
|
P. McEntee |
29,755.35 |
|
P. O'Higgins |
6,560.75 |
|
S. Sorohan |
26,108.95 |
|
Total |
133,565.51 |
|
Junior Counsel |
£ |
|
D. V. Buckley |
9,804.80 |
|
G. Murphy |
19,696.77 |
|
K. O'Higgins |
7,676.15 |
|
B. O'Carroll |
5,017.60 |
|
T. O'Connell |
10,665.60 |
|
B. White |
8,217.59 |
|
Total |
61,078.51 |
|
(b) Solicitors |
£ |
|
Henry Arigho, Dublin |
9,648.39 |
|
John G. Allen, Dublin |
6,985.85 |
|
Donal V. Carroll, Dublin |
12,130.58 |
|
Stephen Coughlan, Limerick |
8,909.55 |
|
Patrick Duffy, Dublin |
8,448,37 |
|
Patrick J. Farry, Dublin |
13,023.32 |
|
Fergus Fahy, Dublin |
6,867.75 |
|
Gerard F. Griffin, Dublin |
6,192.10 |
|
John P. Gaffney, Dublin |
9,391.79 |
|
Brendan J. Gunn, Dublin |
8,758.72 |
|
John L. Hayes, Limerick |
11,360.56 |
|
Michael E. Hanahoe, Dublin |
17,375.69 |
|
William Jolley, Dublin |
5,681.85 |
|
Charles B. Kingston, Dublin |
10,072.69 |
|
Ronald J. Lynam, Dublin |
6,896.91 |
|
Dermot Lavery, Louth |
7,075.48 |
|
Ciaran Lawlor, Dublin |
17,383.01 |
|
Terence Lyons, Dublin |
9,513.77 |
|
Dermot H. Morris, Dublin and Meath |
14,921.88 |
|
Pat McCartan, Dublin |
43,175.75 |
|
Roderick McCarthy, Kildare |
9,693.56 |
|
Niall O'Reilly, Dublin |
16,299.33 |
|
Thomas O'Dwyer, Dublin |
13,857.30 |
|
Gerard O'Herlihy, Dublin |
5,689.13 |
|
Michael Reilly, Tipperary |
6,506.93 |
|
Paula Scully, Dublin |
15,137.68 |
|
Garrett Sheehan, Dublin |
23,309.35 |
|
Leonard Silke, Galway |
7,232.62 |
|
Michael Staines, Dublin |
19,915.05 |
|
Stanley Siev, Dublin |
8,057.31 |
|
Myles Shevlin, Dublin |
6,544.66 |
|
Paul D. Traynor, Dublin |
8,384.86 |
|
Desmond P. H. Windle, Dublin |
10,712.71 |
|
Total |
385,154.50 |
The total expenditure under the Scheme in 1981 was £898,793; in each of the three years prior to 1981 it was as follows:
|
1978: |
£502,862 |
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|
1979: |
£518,628 |
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|
1980: |
£767,217 |