New process announced to review structure and levels of barristers fees
The funding was announced just a week after a strike by hundreds of criminal barristers over the failure to reverse recession-era fee cuts. File photograph: Getty Images
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, who had supported reversing the cuts, had indicated they were the subject of budget negotiations.On Tuesday, her department announced €9 million funding to increase fees for criminal legal aid by 10 per cent in 2024 “to make progress in restoring criminal legal aid fees”.
Bar council chairwoman Sara Phelan SC said: “All we have been seeking on behalf of our members is that they are treated fairly. The fact is that barristers have been treated differently to other workers in the criminal justice system, and to other workers who are paid by the State, for many years.”
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