It's estimated that the annual cost of the legal aid system is around 50 million euro a year…currently; an application for the free representation has to be approved by the courts before someone can avail of legal aid.
At this week's monthly meeting of Tipperary County Council, there was a call for the number of times someone can avail of free legal aid to be limited for people with multiple convictions
- Advertisement -
Independent representative Jim Ryan says it's not fair that career criminals are provided with free representation by the taxpayer.
