Intent: To outlijne to the Minister and his officials the Law Society's main priorities in areas such as family law, legal aid, court infrastructure/modernisation, alternative dispute resolution and legal deserts.
Details: Family law, legal aid, court infrastructure/modernisation, alternative dispute resolution and legal deserts
Methods
Email and meeting 26 March with the Minister for Justice and additional representatives including two Assistant Secretaries - EmailEmail and meeting 26 March with the Minister for Justice and additional representatives including two Assistant Secretaries - Meeting
Intent: To provide a Law Society perspective on remote hearings and the topic of criminal legal aid
Details: Issues related to justice and law reform
Methods
Emails (2) and meetings (2) 11 March and 12 March with representatives from the Department of Justice - EmailEmails (2) and meetings (2) 11 March and 12 March with representatives from the Department of Justice - Meeting
Intent: Raise with the Minister the impact of the continued cuts to professional fees who provide services under the Legal Aid Board Civil Legal Aid Scheme
Details: Civil Legal Aid
Intent: Confirmation of Government's approach to restoration of professional fees in criminal legal aid in Budget 2026
Details: Restoration of Professional Fees - Criminal Legal Aid
Methods
LetterMeetingPhone call
Intent: To resolve issues with delays in payment of Legal Aid fees, and to resolve issues with disclosure payments and multiple certificates
Details: Criminal Legal Aid fees
Intent: Seek clarification on Government's commitment to full restoration of professional fees in criminal legal aid and timeline to deliver upon that commitment.
Details: Restoration of Professional Fees - Criminal Legal Aid
Intent: To communicate Law Society positions to the DOJ.
Details: Meeting with DOJ on justice and law reform issues generally
Methods
Meeting 15 May with Catherine McEnri and Carole Sullivan - Meeting
Intent: Contribute to the design and development of the criminal legal aid scheme.
Details: Meeting to discuss the modernisation of legal aid with the Department of Justice
Methods
Email 11 June and meetings (2) 25 June and 9 July with Carole Sullivan and Catherine McEnri - EmailMeeting 9 May with the Judicial Planning Working Group at the Department of Justice (chaired by Stjohn O'Connor) to discuss the modernisation of criminal legal aid - Meeting
Intent: To improve connection between domestic violence and homelessness and to fill public policy gaps in this area
Details: To highlight policy interaction between DV policy and homelessness
Methods
Meeting in Focus Ireland offices - Meeting
Intent: Advance the mechanism to address professional fees
Details: Mechanism to address professional fees paid to barristers who practice in criminal law by the Director of Public Prosecutions and under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Scheme.
Methods
Meetings with members of the Oireachtas Justice Committee - MeetingLetter
