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AQW 5333/22-27
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Mr David Brooks
(DUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the spending on legal aid, in each of the last five years.
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| 27/10/2022 |
Answered on 27/10/2022
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AQW 5212/22-27
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Mr David Brooks
(DUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the legal aid received by individual legal firms, in each of the last five years.
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| 25/10/2022 |
Answered on 27/10/2022
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AQW 5022/22-27
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Mr Paul Frew
(DUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice, with regard to the consultation on Publication of Annual Payments to Suppliers of Legal Aid, can she provide (i) an update on this matter, given recent media coverage on matters of legal aid; and (ii) an indication of when this policy or a similar policy may be implemented.
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| 20/10/2022 |
Answered on 27/10/2022
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AQW 4903/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the number of cases where legal aid fraud (a) has been discovered; (b) has been referred by the Legal Services Agency for prosecution; and (c) has resulted in prosecutions, for each of the last five years listed by Council area.
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| 18/10/2022 |
Answered on 27/10/2022
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AQW 4902/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the benefits of (i) a review of the Northern Ireland legal aid system, including the role of the Taxing Master; and (ii) the introduction of a zero tolerance approach for both fraud and attempted fraud.
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| 18/10/2022 |
Answered on 27/10/2022
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AQW 4901/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will publish a list of legal practitioners, both individuals and firms, who have been sanctioned or prosecuted for legal aid fraud in each of the last five years.
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| 18/10/2022 |
Answered on 21/10/2022
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AQW 4873/22-27
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Mr Paul Frew
(DUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will publish a list of legal practitioners, both individuals and firms, who have been sanctioned or prosecuted for legal aid fraud over the last five years.
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| 18/10/2022 |
Answered on 27/10/2022
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AQW 4872/22-27
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Mr Paul Frew
(DUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will (i) carry out a review of the Northern Ireland legal aid system, including the role of the Taxing Master; and (ii) adopt a zero tolerance approach for both fraud and attempted fraud.
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| 18/10/2022 |
Answered on 27/10/2022
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AQW 4871/22-27
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Mr Paul Frew
(DUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to outline (i) the number of cases where legal aid fraud (a) has been discovered by legal practitioners; (b) has been referred by the Legal Services Agency for prosecution; and (c) has resulted in prosecutions; and (ii) to provide details of the cases which have resulted in prosecutions, for each of the last five years.
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| 18/10/2022 |
Answered on 27/10/2022
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AQW 2209/22-27
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Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)
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To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 1444/22-27, when the last formal review of the rate of legal aid payments was undertaken in accordance with The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 and The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005.
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| 27/06/2022 |
Answered on 07/07/2022
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AQW 1938/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Justice how many applications for legal aid were refused in the last five years.
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| 22/06/2022 |
Answered on 01/07/2022
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AQW 29774/17-22
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the cost of legal aid in each year since 1990.
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| 15/02/2022 |
Answered on 28/02/2022
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AQW 29468/17-22
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Ms Sinéad Bradley
(SDLP - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of how (i) the proposed cuts to Legal Aid; and (ii) the existing delays, will impact rural communities.
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| 09/02/2022 |
Answered on 16/02/2022
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AQW 29441/17-22
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Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice, following oral evidence from the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service to the Committee for Justice on 3 February 2022, for her assessment of (i) the estimated 47 week waiting time for legal professionals to receive Legal Aid payments; and (ii) whether any other public service suppliers would be asked to accept a similar arrangement.
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| 08/02/2022 |
Answered on 16/02/2022
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AQW 29439/17-22
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Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment on how (i) the proposed cuts to Legal Aid; and (ii) the existing delays, will impact on the most vulnerable in society.
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| 08/02/2022 |
Answered on 16/02/2022
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AQW 29438/17-22
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Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice whether an equality screening impact report has been produced for the proposed cut to Legal Aid in the draft Budget 2022-2025 allocation.
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| 08/02/2022 |
Answered on 16/02/2022
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AQW 28913/17-22
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail what steps she is taking to ensure that middle-income households not claiming benefits are able to access affordable legal counsel, such as Legal Aid.
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| 28/01/2022 |
Answered on 09/02/2022
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AQW 19349/17-22
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Mr Paul Frew
(DUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice pursuant to AQW 3507/17-22, to provide a summary ,in the similar way done for criminal cases such as in AQW 10652/17-22, of the amount of legal aid processed by the legal services agency for cases 15/095107 and 11/103100.
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| 24/05/2021 |
Answered on 03/06/2021
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AQW 12005/17-22
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Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)
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To ask the Minister of Justice whether legal aid bills automatically go before (i) the Taxing Masters Office to receive an order for taxation; and (ii) the Law Society for a remuneration certificate.
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| 14/12/2020 |
Answered on 22/12/2020
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AQW 11983/17-22
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Mr Alex Easton
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice what plans her Department has to eliminate abuses of the legal aid system.
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| 14/12/2020 |
Answered on 22/12/2020
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