589. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that free legal aid is available in a timely way to distressed borrowers who need independent legal advice to deal with family home re-possession proceedings and are granted legal aid board assistance but are put on waiting lists of up to 18 months, taking into account that in many cases judges and county registrars are not willing to adjourn legal proceedings for legal aid solicitors to become available, thus leaving vulnerable persons to fight such cases without professional representation against financial institutions with full legal representation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32510/14]

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589. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that free legal aid is available in a timely way to distressed borrowers who need independent legal advice to deal with family home re-possession proceedings and are granted legal aid board assistance but are put on waiting lists of up to 18 months, taking into account that in many cases judges and county registrars are not willing to adjourn legal proceedings for legal aid solicitors to become available, thus leaving vulnerable persons to fight such cases without professional representation against financial institutions with full legal representation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32510/14]

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1. 17 July 2014

   Legal Aid Service Waiting Times

   589. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that free legal aid is available in a timely way to distressed borrowers who need independent legal advice to deal with family home re-possession proceedings and are granted legal aid board assistance but are put on waiting lists of up to 18 months, taking into account that in many cases judges and county registrars are not willing to adjourn legal proceedings for legal aid solicitors to become available, thus leaving vulnerable persons to fight such cases without professional representation against financial institutions with full legal representation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32510/14]

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