Garda Station Legal Advice Scheme
The Criminal Law Committee has received a response from the Department of Justice in relation to its query regarding the number of consultations permitted under the Garda Station Legal Advice Scheme.
Three consultations are allowed over the detention period where the person is detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, as amended.
Seven consultations over the detention period, subject to a maximum of three paid consultations in a calendar day, are allowed for persons detained under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939, as amended.
For persons detained under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, as amended, 11 consultations over the detention period, subject to a maximum of three paid consultations per calendar day, are allowed.
Practitioners should note that, for the purposes of the Garda Station Legal Advice Scheme, ‘consultation’ is taken to include telephone consultations.