Disappointment
Chairman Philip OLeary expressed disappointment, however, that the numbers opting for mediation have fallen in Dublin, with 318 first joint information sessions in 2017 compared with 348 in 2016 and 407 in 2015.
The board wants a higher take-up of mediation in applications for guardianship, custody or access in the Dublin area, and it is planning to hone its strategy in this area.
Of the boards 17,103 new applications for civil legal aid or international protection in 2017 (which represented a 3% increase), 68% involved family disputes.
The numbers waiting for legal services dropped for the fifth successive year, to 1,776 at year-end, from a high of over 5,000 in 2013.
Protection
A total of 25,049 aid applications were s…
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