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Dáil Éireann - Volume 478 - 07 May, 1997

Written Answers - Legal Aid Service.

103. Mr. E. Byrne asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the ratio of legal aid solicitors to population in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12281/97]

Minister for Equality and Law Reform (Mr. Taylor): Currently there are 81 solicitors serving in the network of 30 full-time law centres operated by the Legal Aid Board. There are full-time law centres in each of 23 counties. Legal services in the remaining three counties, i.e., Carlow, Leitrim and Roscommon, are provided from part-time [1577] law centres located at Carlow, Carrick-on-Shannon and Boyle, which are serviced from the full-time centres at Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo respectively. The ratio of solicitors to population in each of their respective counties is set out in the following tabular statement:

Table.

Ratio of Legal Aid Board solicitors to population in each county.

County

Ratio of solicitors to county population

Number of solicitors

Dublin

1:34,086

31  

Westmeath

1:31,618

2

Mayo

1:55,697

2

Cavan

1:52,903

1

Cork

1:46,705

9

Louth

1:46,081

2

Clare

1:46,957

2

Galway

1:47,149

4

Kilkenny

1:37,577

2

Donegal

1:43,145

3

Longford

1:30,138

1

Limerick

1:55,005

3

Monaghan

1:51,266

1

Meath

1:54,685

2

Tipperary

1:66,654

2

Kildare

1:134,881

1

Laois

1:26,799

2

Sligo

1:55,645

1

Kerry

1:41,954

3

Offaly

1:59,080

1

Waterford

1:47,298

2

Wicklow

1:51,208

2

Wexford

1:52,157

2

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