Civil Legal Aid Act 1995
Number 32 of 1995
CIVIL LEGAL AID ACT 1995
REVISED
Updated to 19 June 2025
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025 (5/2025), enacted 19 June 2025, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Provisional Allowance of Claim) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 269 of 2025), made 19 June 2025, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 32 of 1995
CIVIL LEGAL AID ACT 1995
REVISED
Updated to 19 June 2025
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Number 32 of 1995
CIVIL LEGAL AID ACT 1995
REVISED
Updated to 19 June 2025
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE GRANT BY THE STATE OF LEGAL AID AND ADVICE TO PERSONS OF INSUFFICIENT MEANS IN CIVIL CASES. [16th December, 1995]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and references to Minister for and Department of Equality and Law Reform construed as Minister for and Department of Justice (8.07.1997) by Equality and Law Reform (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 297 of 1997), arts. 3, 4 and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2).
3. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are hereby transferred to the Department of Justice.
(2) References to the Department of Equality and Law Reform contained in any Act or any instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Justice.
4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Equality and Law Reform
(a) by or under any of the Acts mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, and
(b) by virtue of the Justice (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1993 (S.I. No. 34 of 1993).
are hereby transferred to the Minister for Justice.
(2) References to the Minister for Equality and Law Reform contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Justice.
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SCHEDULE
Acts, functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Equality and Law Reform to the Minister for Justice.
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Note that name of Minister for and Department of Justice was changed to:
• Justice, Equality and Law Reform (9.07.1997) by Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 298 of 1997), in effect as per art. 1(2);
• Justice and Law Reform (2.06.2010) by Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 216 of 2010), in effect as per art. 1(2);
• Justice and Equality (2.04.2011) by Justice and Law Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 138 of 2011), in effect as per art. 1(2);
• Justice (1.11.2020) by Justice and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 452 of 2020), in effect as per art. 1(2);
• Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (5.06.2025) by Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 242 of 2025), in effect as per art. 1(2).