Criminal legal aid scheme
Deputy Mac Lochlainn condemned the chaos caused by changes to criminal legal aid and urged the Justice Minister to engage urgently with stakeholders.
The approach of the Minister for justice to the changes to the criminal legal aid scheme has brought absolute chaos to the system, as was dealt with earlier. There are a number of motions to annul his scheme but he needs to come to the House and engage. We cannot go into recess and allow this to continue. There is chaos in our system. The Minister is making a mess and he needs to engage with stakeholders and sort this out urgently.