Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

During the financial downturn, a series of cuts to the rates of fees paid to prosecuting counsel were implemented and in April 2008, an 8% reduction was imposed. This was followed by another cut of 8% in April 2010 and a further cut of 10% in October 2011. These cuts are still in effect. However, the Office of the DPP notes that the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform recently provided sanction in principle to increase counsel fee rates by 10% from 2024. It is a rollback of the original.