Committee examining domestic violence agency bill call for boost to legal aid in family law

The committee’s pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill also called for more judges in the district courts

The committee recommends that the pay for solicitors under the scheme is increased in a bid to stop them from leaving family law for other private practice. File picture: iStock

The Government needs to bolster and expand the Civil Legal Aid Scheme to deal with delays in the family law courts, the Oireachtas Justice Committee has said.

The committee recommends that the pay for solicitors under the scheme is increased in a bid to stop them from leaving family law for other private practice. It also said more judges need to be appointed, particularly in the district courts.